Geoff Derrick v Westpac Banking Corporation [2006] NSWIRComm 76

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Geoff Derrick v Westpac Banking Corporation [2006] NSWIRComm 76 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

PROSECUTOR: Mr Geoff Derrick PARTIES: DEFENDANT: Westpac Banking Corporation

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 1465 of 2005

CORAM: Staunton J

CATCHWORDS: Occupational health and safety - plea of guilty - general principles - objective seriousness of the offence - foreseeability - general and specific deterrence - subjective features taken into consideration - no prior convictions - discretionary power of the Court to allocate a moiety of the penalty imposed to persons other than the usual statutory authority - moiety to prosecutor granted - penalty imposed - orders made as to penalty, moiety and costs.

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 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 Coombes v Patrick Stevedores Holdings Pty Limited [2005] NSWIRComm 56 Geoff Derrick v ANZ Group Limited (2005) NSWIRComm 59 Geoff Derrick v ANZ Group Limited (No. 2) [2005] NSWIRComm 145 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 CASES CITED: Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25: 18 May 2005 O'Sullivan v The Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) [2003] NSWIRComm 303 Peter Presdee v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2005] NSWIRComm 389 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 R v Thomspon; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131 Thorneloe v Filipowski (2001) 52 NSWLR 60