WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Mansell) v Ove Arup Consult Pty Limited and Ors [2003] NSWIRComm 414

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Mansell) v Ove Arup Consult Pty Limited and Ors [2003] NSWIRComm 414 _________________________________________________

MATTER NUMBERS 5468, 5469 AND 5471 OF 1999 _________________________________________________

PROSECUTOR: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell)

DEFENDANT: Ove Arup Consult Pty Limited _________________________________________________

MATTER NUMBERS 5472, 5474 AND 5476 OF 1999 _________________________________________________ PARTIES : PROSECUTOR: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell)

DEFENDANT: Arup Partner Pty Limited _________________________________________________

MATTER NUMBERS 5478, 5479 AND 5481 OF 1999 _________________________________________________

PROSECUTOR: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell)

DEFENDANT: Ove Arup Pty Limited FILE NUMBER: IRC 5468, 5469, 5471, 5472, 5474, 5476, 5478, 5479, 5481 of 1999 CORAM: Schmidt J CATCHWORDS : Costs - Prosecutions under section 16(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - prosecution partially consents to costs order, but resists an order in relation to costs of defendant's motion - defendant seeks indemnity costs - refused - prosecutor ordered to bear costs as agreed or assessed by the Court LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 (NSW) Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Higgins v Avoca Estate Agency Pty Ltd (unreported, (Wright J, President, Hungerford and Marks JJ) 3 December 1999)) WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v Ridge Consolidated Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 6 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v Lucon (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 1) [2002] NSWIRComm 68 CASES CITED : WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v Lucon (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2003] NSWIRComm 40 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Maltby) v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (2001) 108 IR 121 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Maltby) v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (2000) 101 IR 271 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v TMG International Pty Ltd (2002) 116 IR 128 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v TMG International Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 110 HEARING DATES: 04/02/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/04/2003