<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wayland Legal]]></title><description><![CDATA[waylandlegal]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:54:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) – Volunteers]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the key changes to health and safety regulation in Western Australia brought about by the Work Health and Safety Act (2020) WA...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/the-work-health-and-safety-act-2020-wa-volunteers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61dfba7d54e7670016b3e869</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety Case(s)]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:52:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_377553724f795931553049~mv2_d_4288_2848_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First gross negligence conviction overturned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resource Recovery Solutions Pty Ltd v Ayton [2021] WASC 443 The offence of “gross negligence” was introduced into Western Australia’s...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/first-gross-negligence-conviction-overturned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61bb43a5ea711d001692970b</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:59:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_0fcef054c5ab48648b9e9e815fa2dc36~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disciplinary action for safety breaches: Stifling trust or legal risk management? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I believe that in most cases there is a reasonable synergy between general legal principles underpinning health and safety legislation...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/disciplinary-action-for-safety-breaches-stifling-trust-or-legal-risk-management</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60657834335ed0001575f978</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:43:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_b8cfa5fc03fc4cecb51f5c782c716cc9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In case you missed it ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone with an interest in safety who is on LinkedIn could not help but be aware of the decision in R v Brisbane Auto Recycling [2020]...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/in-case-you-missed-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f0718a980f79c0017ed30a3</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 13:27:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06e36fe7ffc44ea2ab5a31754293367d.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I do not support industrial manslaughter]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a recent comment on a LinkedIn post I asked for evidence of how Industrial Manslaughter wold contribute to safe workplaces. In...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/why-i-do-not-support-industrial-manslaughter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dc29bef1b6f4e00171840e8</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c3e43af2b0549bdbcc0c88bda3e1e1e.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Industrial manslaughter in Western Australia: What is the issue we are trying to address?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have written previously on what I believe the limits are of industrial manslaughter specifically, and prosecutions generally. But in...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/industrial-manslaughter-in-western-australia-what-is-the-issue-we-are-trying-to-address</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d71dd28924bb600fc283f54</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:33:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1da3076093b404ea90f5996c18540df.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why don't we have "production" moments?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the ways organisations like to emphasise safety is with corporate branding: safety moments, safety conversations, safety...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/why-don-t-we-have-production-moments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d4d3abd49b31b0165188c16</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:33:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_b50f8c8952004dad9df84d1f0792efe3~mv2_d_4208_2779_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prosecution problem revisited - again!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Further to my recent blog on the limits of prosecutions (The prosecution problem revisited), the prosecution summary of the first case...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/the-prosecution-problem-revisited-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d4d16e1edd7c4001878adea</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 07:23:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1da3076093b404ea90f5996c18540df.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prosecution problem revisited]]></title><description><![CDATA[On 1 August 2019 an article was published about a health and safety prosecution in Western Australia, and it was another rallying cry...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/the-prosecution-problem-revisited</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d4515c9316d90001713f99a</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 05:15:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c3e43af2b0549bdbcc0c88bda3e1e1e.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Due diligence program in Perth ]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, I have to apologise for my lack of publishing activity recently. I do have a bundle of articles I need to complete, but I have...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/due-diligence-program-in-perth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d10bc2f245c3603d1027fa2</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:12:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ddff68ea0e714154bb127e0ae15ceea2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Racek Decision ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Racek Decision (Daniel Racek v DP World Sydney - [2019] FWC 772), published on 8 February 2019, is a very important decision which...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/the-racek-decision</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c774d4ae51d0a001c1aa572</guid><category><![CDATA[Safety Case(s)]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 03:03:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1da3076093b404ea90f5996c18540df.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there a duty to warn workers about obvious hazards?
]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my latest book, Paper Safe: The triumph of bureaucracy in safety management, I looked at the obligations of an employer to warn...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/is-there-a-duty-to-warn-workers-about-obvious-hazards</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c62046a5340c00bb640ca52</guid><category><![CDATA[Safety Case(s)]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:31:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b539a5c62c2741998c03d83246efbb14.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First custodial sentence for health and safety breaches. Are there any lessons?
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, Maria Jackson became the first person to receive a custodial sentence for a breach of occupational health and safety...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/first-custodial-sentence-for-health-and-safety-breaches-are-there-any-lessons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c4a767c2f419f001c295ff5</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:46:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/06e36fe7ffc44ea2ab5a31754293367d.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a safety lawyer, safety manager and a board member. How do I think about due diligence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been criticised for many things based on my observations about health and safety management over the years. Being a lawyer, it is...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/i-am-a-safety-lawyer-safety-manager-and-a-board-member-how-do-i-think-about-due-diligence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c45d0654854d5001cdf9dac</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:32:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c3e43af2b0549bdbcc0c88bda3e1e1e.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practicable is not black-and-white, but it is not subjective either]]></title><description><![CDATA[A very common conversation I have with organisations is, what is “practicable” and how do organisations meet the legal obligation to...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/practicable-is-not-black-and-white-but-it-is-not-subjective-either</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c43d56080d01d001c53dae5</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2019 02:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/582ed97cb9b9442b86b99e1acd742ff1.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Due diligence workshop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr Rob Long and I will be running our Due Diligence workshop in Sydney on 20 and 21 February. You can register HERE. This workshop makes...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/due-diligence-workshop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c3e74a9d72e2f001c74c284</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:13:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c74ef4_252a73081c9c4007bab3c3c3bcf95489~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_647,h_367,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paper Safe: The Webinar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year, Craig Thornton from Mango was kind enough to host a webinar inviting me to share some ideas from my new book, Paper Safe: The...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/paper-safe-the-webinar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c346c46aa7b03001ce78bce</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:31:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c74ef4_731c56e6baa245f89cd5b3fb75ee0ead~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_806,h_677,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Process v Purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Below is a link to a webinar that was hosted by Craig Thornton from Mango last year. The webinar looks at the broad issue of process in...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/process-v-purpose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c3469c53ac7e607459891a7</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:21:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c74ef4_fda020d7b09645a68af147c04794ad74~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Western Australian WorkSafe Commissioner Appointed]]></title><description><![CDATA[On 18 December 2018, the WA State Government announced Darren Kavanagh as the new WorkSafe Commissioner. According to the media release:...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/new-western-australian-worksafe-commissioner-appointed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c282162710c71001a0953b8</guid><category><![CDATA[Workplace health & safety]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 01:42:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3facb850464844f58d62bf76c8ff6dae.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safety Case(s): Opcon Plumbing Pty Ltd]]></title><description><![CDATA[SafeWork NSW v Opcon Plumbing Pty Ltd; SafeWork NSW v Annous Keywords: Due Diligence; Company Officers I have written before about the...]]></description><link>https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/safety-case-s-opcon-plumbing-pty-ltd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c10a9a93f2227038e283eb7</guid><category><![CDATA[Safety Case(s)]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:32:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f14bd5b24c941fe82b08f34c1a84764.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Greg Smith</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>