Lorenzo and Santos v Inspector Peter Hayes [2011] NSWIRComm 54

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lorenzo and Santos v Inspector Peter Hayes [2011] NSWIRComm 54 Hearing dates: 1 September 2010 Decision date: 29 April 2011 Jurisdiction: Industrial Court of NSW Before: Walton J, Vice-President, Kavanagh J, Haylen J, Backman J Decision: 1. The appeals are allowed and the whole of the judgment and orders of Boland J of 1 October 2009 and 7 December 2009 are set aside. 2. Both matters are remitted to another judge to determine according to law. 3. Costs are reserved. Catchwords: APPEAL - Occupational Health and Safety - worker injured while assisting a mobile crane driver to lift a steel plate - whether Applications for Order (charges) failed to plead the acts or omissions said to constitute a breach of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - whether charges failed to disclose offences - whether charges lacked precision and relevant measures were not fully identified - what constitutes a valid Application for Order considered - pre-requisites for jurisdiction considered - charges defective by reason of their failure to plead the acts and omissions relied upon by the respondent - role of accompanying affidavits and prosecution's opening considered as alternative sources by which particulars of alleged acts and omissions absent from the charges may be relied upon - HELD: charges valid but appellants denied procedural fairness by reason of the piecemeal manner during the course of the trial in which the appellants were supplied particulars of acts or omissions relied upon by the respondent - HELD: charges defective by reason of their failure to plead relevant acts and omissions - HELD: defective charges not cured by verdicts - HELD: trial judge fell into error when convicting the appellants on charges that failed to identify either expressly or by implication the corporation's relevant acts or omissions - appeals allowed and whole of judgment of trial judge set aside - form of appropriate relief considered - principles relevant to a re-trial considered - both matters ordered to be remitted to another judge to determine according to law - costs reserved Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Industrial Relations Commission Rules Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 Cases Cited: Doja v R [2009] NSWCCA 303; (2009) 198 A Crim R 349 Downey v Acting District Court Judge Boulton (No 5) [2010] NSWCA 240; (2010) 272 ALR 705 DPP v Esso Australia Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 103 Dupas v The Queen [2010] HCA 20; (2010) 241 CLR 237 Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation Limited (1997) 98 A Crim R 481 Frank Hakim and Another (1989) 41 A Crim R 372 Gilmour v EPA; Tableland Topdressing v EPA [2002] NSWCCA 399; (2002) 55 NSWLR 593 Gorman and McLaurin v Fitzpatrick and Barrett (1987) 32 A Crim R 330 Heymann v The Queen (1873) Law Rep 8 QB 102 Inspector Childs v Paul Bortolo Serena [2011] NSWIRComm 32 Inspector Hamilton v John Holland Pty Ltd [2010] NSWIRComm 72; (2010) 194 IR 189 Inspector Hayes v Santos and Lorenzo [2009] NSWIRComm 163 Inspector Hayes v Santos and Lorenzo (No. 2) [2009] NSWIRComm 208 John Cahill v State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) (No 2) [2007] NSWIRComm 187; (2007) 165 IR 213 John Holland Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales; Parsons Brinckerhoff (Australia) Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 338 John L Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) [1987] HCA 42; (1987) 163 CLR 508 Johnson v Miller [1937] HCA 77; (1937) 59 CLR 467 King v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 423 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission; Kirk Group Holdings Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Childs) [2010] HCA 1; (2010) 239 CLR 531 Kristen Egan, John Hawkins and Alexander Burr v JG [2010] ACTSC 53 Lodhi v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 121; (2006) 199 FLR 303 McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (No 2) [2002] NSWCCA 24; (2002) 54 NSWLR 39 Morrison v Chevalley [2010] NSWIRComm 116; (2010) 198 IR 30 Oates v Consolidated Capital Services Ltd [2009] NSWCA 183; (2009) 76 NSWLR 69; (2009) 233 FLR 283 R v Alexanrides (2008) VSCA 126 R v Brendan Healey [2008] VSCA 132 R v Morris (NSWCCA, unreported, 25 November 1996) R v Taufahema [2007] HCA 11; (2007) 228 CLR 232 Ridge Consolidated Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mauger) (2000) NSWIRComm 151; (2000) 100 IR 156 Robert Jildo Saga v Jarrod Reid and Tristan Allan Collett [2010] ACTSC 59 Rockdale Beef Pty Limited v Industrial Relations Commission of NSW and Anor [2007] NSWCA 128; (2007) 165 IR 7 S v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 266 Saffron v The Queen (1988) 17 NSWLR 395; (1988) 36 A Crim R 262 ST v Regina [2010] NSWCCA 5 Spies v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 603 Stanton v Abernathy (1990) 19 NSWLR 656 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission [1986] HCA 54; (1986) 161 CLR 141 Taylor v Environment Protection Authority [2000] NSWCCA 71; (2000) 50 NSWLR 48 The Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) v Maurice O'Sullivan [2005] NSWIRComm 198; (2005) 143 IR 57 The Queen v Aspinall (1876) 2 QBD 48 The Queen v Emmanuel Alexandridis [2008] VSCA 132 The Queen v Brendan Healey [2008] VSCA 132; (2008) 186 A Crim R 433 Tsougranis v Inspector Carmody [2004] NSWIRComm 269; (2004) 135 IR 356 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jaime Lorenzo (Appellant) Jose Luis Santos (Appellant) Inspector Peter Hayes (Respondent) Representation: Mr J Phillips SC with Mr M Moir of counsel (Appellants) Mr S Crawshaw SC with Mr D Chin of counsel (Respondent) KP O'Donnell & Associates (Appellants) WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Respondent) File Number(s): IRC 2064 of 2009 IRC 2065 of 2009 Decision under appeal Citation: Inspector Hayes v Santos and Lorenzo [2009] NSWIRComm 163