R v Trevor James STEPHENS

[2008] NSWSC 1429

Supreme Court of NSW

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Citation[2008] NSWSC 1429

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Stephens v R [2009] NSWCCA 240

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Stephens v R [2009] NSWCCA 240Referred to

The Hindmarsh-Petrie test for vicarious sub-tortfeasor liability requires the principal to have had actual or constructive knowledge of the sub-tortfeasor's propensity to act unlawfully in the course of the engagement, and that the engagement created the occasion for the wrongful conduct

The Hindmarsh-Petrie test for vicarious sub-tortfeasor liability requires the principal to have had actual or constructive knowledge of the sub-tortfeasor's propensity to act unlawfully in the course of the engagement, and that the engagement created the occasion for the wrongful conduct.

R v Trevor James STEPHENS at [30]

The principle of proportionality in sentencing requires that the sentence imposed bear a reasonable relationship to the objective gravity of the offence, having regard to the maximum penalty prescribed by the legislature as an indicator of the seriousness with which Parliament regards the offence

The principle of proportionality in sentencing requires that the sentence imposed bear a reasonable relationship to the objective gravity of the offence, having regard to the maximum penalty prescribed by the legislature as an indicator of the seriousness with which Parliament regards the offence.

R v Trevor James STEPHENS at [37]

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