Inspector Yeung v Donald Edwin Wilson t/as Wilson's Tree Service [2005] NSWIRComm 158

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION: Inspector Yeung v Donald Edwin Wilson t/as Wilson's Tree Service [2005] NSWIRComm 158

Appellant: Inspector Yeung PARTIES: Respondent: Donald Edwin Wilson t/as Wilson's Tree Service

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 7088 of 2004

CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Kavanagh J

CATCHWORDS: Appeal - Occupational health and safety - Prosecution's appeal against sentence and costs order - Personal defendant - Effect of financial hardship on penalty - Prosecutor's costs - Effect of financial hardship on costs order - Variation of usual order - Penalty manifestly inadequate - Increased penalty imposed - Costs.

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Legal Profession Act 1987 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

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