NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Robert Mayell) v D J Gleeson Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 363
Appellant: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Robert Mayell) PARTIES: Respondent: D J Gleeson Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 2822 of 2006
CORAM: Walton J Vice-President; Staff J; Backman J
CATCHWORDS: Appeal - occupational health and safety - Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - s 196 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 - appeal against manifest inadequacy of sentence - whether error in finding that plea of guilty was entered early and awarding "the full discount" - utilitarian value of the plea considered - manifest inadequacy and significance of general deterrence where workers working at heights without fall protection and other safeguards considered - error identified - sentence manifestly inadequate - appeal upheld - respondent resentenced - costs.
Fines Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Department of Mineral Resources of NSW (Chief Inspector Terrey) v A M Hoipo & Sons Pty Ltd (2000) 99 IR 137 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 Ferguson v Nelmac Pty Limited (1999) 92 IR 188 Inspector Mason v Wild Geese Building and Maintenance Group Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 350 Inspector Green v Camilleri Properties Pty Limited (2006) 152 IR 156 Inspector Robert Mayell v DJ Gleeson Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 217 CASES CITED: Manpac Industries Pty Ltd (formerly t/a Pacific Concrete & Quarries Pty Ltd) v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Glass) (2001) 106 IR 435 Morrison v Eureka Opals Pty Limited (No 3) (2006) 153 IR 191 R v Rivadavia (2004) 61 NSWLR 63 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Buggy) v Weathertex Pty Ltd (2003) 127 IR 60 WorkCover Authority of NSW v Hitchcock (2005) 139 IR 439 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Jones) v Challita (2006) 153 IR 409
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