NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT ON SAFEWORK NSW V/S CIVIL 1 CASE

Australia, July 28 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 27:

1. Civil 1 Pty Ltd (the offender) appears for sentence after being convicted at trial of an offence under s 197 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the Act).

2. The Court's reasons for the finding of guilt are set out in the decision: SafeWork NSW v Civil 1 Pty Ltd [2025] NSWDC 82 (the verdict judgment). This judgment assumes familiarity with the verdict judgment and adopts the defined terms used in the verdict judgment.

3. The maximum penalty for the offence is a fine of $588,540 (5,770 penalty units).

Facts

4. The factual findings are set out in the verdict judgment. I have taken all of those findings into account in comin...