ABSTRACT
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 30 Legislative context ........................................................................................... 31
Introduction ................................................................................................. 31 Duty holders and scope of their duties .................................................... 32
Duty of employer to employees ........................................................... 32 Duty of principal to contractors ........................................................... 33 Duty to other persons ............................................................................ 34 Other duties ............................................................................................. 35
Nature of general duty ............................................................................... 35 Concurrent duties ................................................................................... 35 Personal and non-delegable duties ...................................................... 36 Qualication of reasonable practicability ........................................... 37
Cases involving expert contractors ............................................................... 39 Introduction ................................................................................................. 39 Matters within duty holder’s control, knowledge or expertise............ 40 Matters outside duty holder’s control, knowledge or expertise .......... 43 Duty to consult, coordinate and cooperate.............................................. 51
Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 54 References .......................................................................................................... 55
Introduction Contemporary work environments and work arrangements are often complex. The performance of work often involves multiple parties working across the same or various sites, who have different levels of expertise, knowledge and control over the performance of work by workers. Additionally, parties often engage specialist contractors with expertise in relation to particular work activities.
