NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Masters Civil Pty Limited v Inspector Dubois [2006] NSWIRComm 332
APPELLANT: Masters Civil Pty Limited PARTIES: RESPONDENT: Inspector Rodney Dubois
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 2545 and 2546 of 2006
CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Kavanagh J
CATCHWORDS: Appeal - Occupational health and safety - Sentencing - Appeal alleged manifestly excessive penalty imposed - Error also alleged in application of sentencing principles - Relevance of strength of prosecution case - Utilitarian value of plea of guilt - Remorse and contrition - No error found - Appeal dismissed.
LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 s 8, s 86
Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 Inspector Dubois v Masters Civil Pty Ltd and another [2006] NSWIRComm 180 Regina v Carter [2001] NSWCCA 245 CASES CITED: R v Sutton [2004] NSWCCA 225 R v Teterycz [2005] NSWCCA 197) R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Buggy) v Weathertex Pty Ltd (2003) 127 IR 60
HEARING DATES: 24/10/2006 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 10/24/2006
APPELLANT: Mr S Stanton of counsel Solicitors Cadmus Lawyers
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:
RESPONDENT: Ms P Lowson of counsel Solicitors: Phillips Fox
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate