Sydney Water Corporation Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Hes) [2000] NSWIRComm 45

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Sydney Water Corporation Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Hes) [2000] NSWIRComm 45 APPELLANT: Sydney Water Corporation Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Hes) FILE NUMBER: IRC4761 of 1999 CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Hungerford J CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Leave to appeal - Nature and quality of the offence - Parity principle - Multiple liabilities - Multiple parties charges being brought from a single incident involving a common substratum of facts - Prosecution of a principal and a contractor in relation to a single accident - Tender of new material - Equal justice - Equal sentences - Appropriate penalty - Absence of reasons for sentence - Level of culpability of a defendant - Nature and quality of an offence - Amended form of summons - Inclusion of inappropriate materials in appeal books - Prior record of a defendant - Leave to appeal refused Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s15 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 s188 s191(2) Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996 r46 Blue Mountains Disability Services Ltd-v- Stinson (1999) 92 IR 246 Caltex Petroleum Pty Limited -v- Harmer (1999) 92 IR 264 Knowles -v- Anglican Property Trust (unreported, Walton J, Vice-President, Glynn J and Patterson C, IRC 99/2137, 15 December 1999) CASES CITED : Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd -v- WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Lowe -v- The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 Postiglione -v- The Queen (1997) 187 CLR 295 Regina -v- Steele (unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 95/60738, 17 April 1997) WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Ankucic) -v- McDonalds Australia Limited (unreported, Walton J, Vice-President, IRC 98/1104 and 1106, 4 February 2000) HEARING DATES: 03/15/2000; 03/16/2000 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 03/16/2000