NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Nelmac Pty Ltd v Inspector Franke [2006] NSWIRComm 100
Appellant: Nelmac Pty Ltd PARTIES: Respondent: Inspector Dieter Franke
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 1466 of 2005
CORAM: Wright J President; Kavanagh J; Backman J
CATCHWORDS: Appeal - occupational health and safety - s 196 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 - appeal against severity of sentence - whether appropriate to consider if penalty imposed fell within a range of comparative sentences - whether trial judge fell into error in assessing objective seriousness - whether penalty in the absence of specific error was nevertheless excessive - no error found - penalty imposed not excessive - appeal dismissed - costs.
LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983
Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Ferguson v Nelmac Pty Limited (1999) 92 IR 188 Inspector Franke v Nelmac Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 44 Maddaford v CSR Limited and Mulgoa Quarries Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 337 Regina v Brett Raymond Walker [2005] NSWCCA 109 CASES CITED: R v Campillo Vaquere [2004] NSWCCA 271 R v Morgan (1993) 70 A Crim R 368 R v Trevenna [2004] NSWCCA 43 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 196 ALR 451 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Downie) v Menzies Property Services Ltd (2004) 136 IR 449
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