There has been a recent outcry across the health and safety community, and others I suspect, about the recent decision of a chain of...

Let me put a stake in the ground before I set about dissecting the corpse of executive liability for safety and health. I do not believe...

R v Kite [1996] 2 Cr. App. R.(S.) 295 The Kite case is slightly different from some of the decisions we have looked at in the Safety...

Safe Work (NSW) v Action Concreting and Constructions Pty Ltd [2017] NSWDC 191 The Action Concreting case is not one I used in my recent...

Harbour City Ferries Pty Ltd v Mr Christopher Toms [2014] FWCFB 6249 While the Harbour City Ferries case is not a prosecution under...

A recent post, a very dangerous precedent, by one of my favorite commentators, Sue Bottrell, raised the eyebrows of a few in the safety...

Boland v BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd [2018] SAET 167 This BHP case is a sentencing decision, but it raises some...

Safe Work NSW v Wollongong Glass P/L [2016] NSWDC 58 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Safe Work Method Statement; Drugs and alcohol in...

DPP v Hungry Jacks, Visy & Veolia [2018] VCC 1454 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety Management The Hungry...

Moore v SD Tillett Memorials Pty Ltd [2002] SAIRC 47 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; documented procedures; one-off departure by an...

Hillman v Ferro Con (SA) Pty Ltd (in liquidation) and Anor [2013] SAIRC 22 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety...

Silent Vector Pty Ltd v Shepherd & Anor [2003] WASCA 315 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety Management It is...

At the risk of taking my life into my own hands and posting an article about the contentious topic of "zero" in health and safety, let me...

Following publication of my book, Paper Safe, I have put together a couple of articles linked to the issue of bureaucracy in safety...

Here is an interesting question. What would safety management look like in your organisation if you did not have to “prove” it? Would you...

The Queen v A.C.R Roofing Pt Ltd [2004] VSCA 215 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Expertise; Contractor Safety Management;...

As part of my ongoing research and writing, I have started a new series on my blog, Safety Case(s). Each day I will be posting a summary...

Kenneth Peter Stratton v Van Driel [1998] VSC 75 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety Management The Case On 15...

It is not uncommon for lawyers to get calls from clients after an accident seeking legal advice and asking questions about legal...

Without making any comment on the wisdom or efficacy of increasing penalties for breaches of health and safety legislation, it is...