Cahill v State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) (No 4) [2008] NSWIRComm 201

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Cahill v State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) (No 4) [2008] NSWIRComm 201

PROSECUTOR: John Joseph Cahill PARTIES: DEFENDANT: State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 2387 of 2006

CORAM: Boland J President

CATCHWORDS: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - sentencing - public sector - attack with knife on employees by client - stab wounds - psychological injuries - sentencing considerations - aggravating factors - mitigating factors - whether defendant a previous offender - remorse and contrition - penalty imposed

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Fines Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002

Barry Johnson v State of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) [2006] NSWIRComm 275 Cahill v State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) (No 3) [2008] NSWIRComm 123 Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2002] NSWIRComm 71; (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Department of Mineral Resources of NSW (McKensey) v Kembla Coal and Coke Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 8 DPP v Esso Australia Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 263; (2001) 124 A Crim R 200 Fletcher Construction Australia Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Fisher) (1999) 91 IR 66 Geoff Derrick v ANZ Group Limited (No. 2) [2005] NSWIRComm 145 Inspector De Leon-Stacey v The State of New South Wales (Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care) [2005] NSWIRComm 131 Inspector Elizabeth Benbow v Planada Holdings Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 275 Inspector Mayo-Ramsay (WorkCover Authority of NSW) v The Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (NSW Fire Brigades) (No 2) [2007] NSWIRComm 168 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 CASES CITED: Maddaford v CSR Limited and Mulgoa Quarries Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 337 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd (No 3) [2005] NSWIRComm 61; (2005) 147 IR 117 Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 416; (2003) 130 IR 364 at [32]. O'Sullivan v Crown in Right of State of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) [2003] NSWIRComm 303; (2003) 128 IR 158 Regina v Penisini [2004] NSWCCA 339 Regina v Heip Tan Nguyen [2004] NSWCCA 438 WorkCover Authority (NSW) v ACI Operations Pty Ltd (Industrial Court of New South Wales, Schmidt J, 25 February 1994, unreported) WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) [2001] NSWIRComm 313; (2001) 112 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Limited and Another [2000] NSWIRComm 1123; (2000) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Keniry) v The Crown in Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) [2002] NSWIRComm 349; (2002) 120 IR 269 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Tuckley) v The Crown in Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) (1999) 96 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Keenan) v Crown in Right of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) (Industrial Court of New South Wales, Schmidt J, 6 December 1999, unreported)