SafeWork NSW v Williams Timber Pty Ltd; SafeWork NSW v Easy Fall Guttering Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCCA 233

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: SafeWork NSW v Williams Timber Pty Ltd; SafeWork NSW v Easy Fall Guttering Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCCA 233 Hearing dates: 6 September 2021 Date of orders: 1 October 2021 Decision date: 01 October 2021 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL; R A Hulme J; Wilson J Decision: (1) In SafeWork v Williams Timber Pty Ltd: Appeal dismissed. (2) In SafeWork v Easy Fall Guttering Pty Ltd: Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeal by Prosecutor against refusal to make costs order – denial of procedural fairness – role of costs order in sentencing Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Fines Act 1996 (NSW) Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) Cases Cited: Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Nash v Silver City Drilling (NSW) Pty Ltd; Attorney General for New South Wales v Silver City Drilling (NSW) Pty Ltd (2017) 93 NSWLR 338; [2017] NSWCCA 96 Re Minister for Immigration & Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 6 SafeWork NSW v Easy Fall Guttering Pty Limited [2021] NSWDC 44 SafeWork NSW v Williams Timber Pty Ltd [2020] NSWDC 777 Weir v R [2011] NSWCCA 123 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Proceedings 2019/00320299 SafeWork NSW (Appellant) Williams Timber Pty Ltd (Respondent)

Proceedings 2019/00230379; 2019/00230426; 2019/00230453 SafeWork NSW (Appellant) Easy Fall Guttering Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Proceedings 2019/00320299 M Scott (Appellant) Mr A Williams (Director of Respondent Company Williams Timber)