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Tag: Litigation Risk

  • The Insurance Loophole That Undermined Personal Deterrence

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    Drew McGiffert
    1,195 words
    5–8 minutes

    The primary objective of a work health and safety prosecution is deterrence. Penalties are legally designed to punish offenders and signal to industry that non-compliance carries severe consequences. South Australian prosecution of Hillman v Ferro Con (SA) Pty Ltd (in liquidation) and Anor [2013] SAIRC 22 has exposed an ethical and legal controversy that completely…