Industrial Registrar v Mejias (No 2) [2007] NSWIRComm 253

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Industrial Registrar v Mejias (No 2) [2007] NSWIRComm 253

APPLICANT Industrial Registrar PARTIES: RESPONDENT Ric Mejias

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 2972 of 2006

CORAM: Wright J President; Boland J; Staff J

CATCHWORDS: Contempt - Penalty - Costs - Offence objectively serious - Importance of deterrence - Significant mitigating factors - Debilitating mental state at time of offence - Remorse - Apology to Court - Indebtedness due to legal costs - No penalty imposed - Application of s 10 of Crime (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - No order as to costs

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ss 10(1)(a), 10, 3A, and 21A LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 180 Security Industry Act 1997

Auburn Council v Czopak (No 4) (2005) 142 LGERA 380 Clarkson v The Mandarin Club Ltd and Others (1998) 90 FCR 354 Commissioner for Fair Trading v Partridge [2006] NSWSC 478 Commissioner for the Police Integrity Commission v Walker [2006] NSWSC 964 Environment Protection Authority v Pannowitz (No 2) (2006) 153 LGERA 126 Federal Express v Mejias (No. 2) [2005] NSWIRComm 481 Federal Express v Mejias [2005] NSWIRComm 474 Harkianakis v Skalos and Ors (No 2) (Full Bench, matter no 40514 of 1996, unreported, 15 October 1997, NSWCA) CASES CITED: In the matter of Daniel James Ezold [2002] NSWSC 574 Industrial Registrar (NSW) v Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) (2003) 131 IR 368 Industrial Registrar v Mejias [2007] NSWIRComm 145 Janvier Jando (2001) 125 ACrimR 473 Owners Strata Plan 37762 v Pham and Ors (No 2) [2007] NSWLEC 306 Principal Registrar of Supreme Court (NSW) v Tran (2006) 166 ACrimR 393 Principal Registrar of Supreme Court of NSW v Drollet [2002] NSWSC 490 Registrar, Supreme Court of South Australia v Zappia (No 2) (2003) 86 SASR 410 Trad v Pickles Auction Pty Ltd; In the matter of Carl Trad [2006] NSWSC 1177 Wood v Staunton (No 5) (1996) 86 ACrimR 183