NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session
CITATION: Inspector Yeung v Howie Herring & Forsyth Pty Limited & Anor [2005] NSWIRComm 266
PROSECUTOR Inspector Thomas Yeung
PARTIES: DEFENDANTS Howie Herring & Forsyth Pty Limited Andrew Skelton
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 1042 and 1044 of 2004
CORAM: Boland J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational Health and Safety - Prosecution under sections 8(2) and 26(1) of Occupational Health and Safety Act - Construction Industry - Removal of trees from construction site - Fatality - Late plea of guilty - Inadequate supervision and instruction - Whether Markarian v R affects approach to sentencing - Offence proven - Penalty imposed
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610, 99 IR 29 Hoare v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 348 Inspector Yeung v Donald Edwin Wilson t/as Wilson's Tree Service [2005] NSWIRComm 158 Inspector Yeung v Donald Wilson trading as Wilson's Tree Service [2004] NSWIRComm 346 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector James Swee Ch'ng) [1999] NSWIRComm 343 CASES CITED: Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 R v Thompson, R v Houlton (2000) 29 NSWLR 383 Rodney Morrison v Powercoal Pty Limited (2003) 130 IR 364 Thorneloe v Filipowski (2001) 52 NSWLR 60 Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584
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