Tag: Mark Thomas Withers
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Piercing the corporate veil—The jailing of MT Sheds director and Australia’s new enforcement reality
In a significant sentencing determination in Australian work health and safety history, the Western Australian judiciary has shattered the traditional legal protections enjoyed by corporate executives. In the prosecution of WorkSafe WA v MT Sheds (WA) Pty Ltd & Mark Thomas Withers [2021], a company director was handed a sentence of two years and two…