Inspector Wade v Mid North Coast Area Health Service [2004] NSWIRComm 254

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Wade v Mid North Coast Area Health Service [2004] NSWIRComm 254 PROSECUTOR Inspector Paul Wade PARTIES : DEFENDANT Mid North Coast Area Health Service FILE NUMBER: 3146; 3147; 3148; 3149; 3150 and 3151 of 2003 CORAM: Staff J CATCHWORDS : Evidence - Admissibility - Voir dire - Interview with employee of defendant - Whether admissions within the scope of employment - Employee on sick leave - Whether unfair to use interview in evidence - Whether danger unfairly prejudicial, misleading or confusing - Occupational Health & Safety Act 1983, s 15(1) and s 16(1) - Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 85, s 87, s 90, s 135 and s 137 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 LEGISLATION CITED : Mental Health Act 1990 Evidence Act 1995 Bugge v Brown (1919) 26 CLR 110 Cleland v The Queen (1982) 151 CLR 1 Environment Protection Authority v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd (2003) 128 LGERA 240 Foster v The Queen (1993) 67 ALJR 550 Lustre Hosiery Ltd v York (1935) 54 CLR 134 Ordukaya v Hicks [2000] NSWCA 180 R v Ames [1964-1965] NSWR 1489 R v Bowhay (No 3) [1998] NSWSC 660 R v Clark (2001) 123 A Crim R 506 R v Esposito (1998) 105 A Crim R 27 CASES CITED : R v Helmhout (2000) 112 A Crim R 10 R v Helmhout (2001) 125 A Crim R 257 R v Horton (1998) 45 NSWLR 426 R v Munce [2001] NSWSC 1072 R v Phan (2001) 123 A Crim R 30 R v Swaffield, Pavic v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 159 R v Williamson [1972] 2 NSWLR 281 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission (1986) 161 CLR 141 Surujpaul v R [1958] 1 WLR 1050 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Penfold) v Fernz Construction Materials Ltd [No 2] (2000) 100 IR 23