Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Mornington Inn Pty Ltd v Jordan [2008] FCAFC 70
APPEAL – sentence – totality principle – whether appellable error in exercise of judicial discretion – approach taken by primary judge legitimately available – no error demonstrated INDUSTRIAL LAW – whether multiple contraventions amounted to a single course of conduct – whether totality principle should reduce aggregate sentence
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – sentencing principles – discount for plea of guilty not available only because it saves the cost of a contested hearing – need to show a willingness to facilitate the course of justice and/or acceptance of wrongdoing
WORDS AND PHRASES – 'Course of conduct'
Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 4K Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 191 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 79(2) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 400(5), 792, 824
Jordan v Mornington Inn Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1384; 166 IR 33, upheld Alfred v Walter Construction Group Limited [2005] FCA 497 Attorney-General v (SA) Tichy (1982) 30 SASR 84 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd (1997) 145 ALR 36 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Chubb Security Australia Pty Ltd [2004] ATPR 42-041,[2004] FCA 1750 Australian Ophthalmic Supplies Pty Ltd v McAlary-Smith [2008] FCAFC 8 Cameron v R (2002) 209 CLR 339 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Carr v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union [2005] FCA 1802 Coal and Allied Operations Pty Limited v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 203 CLR 194 Dinsdale v R (2000) 202 CLR 321 Hamberger v Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union [2002] FCA 585 House v R (1936) 55 CLR 499 Johnson v R (2004) 78 ALJR 616 L Vogel & Son Pty Ltd v Anderson (1968) 120 CLR 157 Markarian v R (2005) 228 CLR 357 McDonald v R (1994) 48 FCR 555 Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59 Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610 Ponzio v B & P Caelli Constructions Pty Ltd (2007) 158 FCR 543 R v Holder [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 R v Sgroi (1989) 40 A Crim R 197 Trade Practices Commission v TNT Australia Pty Limited [1995] ATPR 41-375
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