Director to serve jail time for death of worker
In May 2021, the sole director of a shed building business was sentenced to 26 months' imprisonment (to serve eight months) following the death of a worker and serious injury of another. The company was fined $550,000 for gross negligence. The workers were installing roof sheets on a large machin...
Contractual Liens and the Power of Sale – ‘Unpaid freight and uncollected goods’
In difficult economic times transport operators occasionally find that a nominated receiver of shipped goods is unwilling or unable to pay freight or other charges outstanding on a shipment, leaving the carrier with an unpaid bill and/or responsibility for goods they don’t want. With storage and...
