A labour hire company that fails to require a safety inspection or make enquiries about safety procedures before placing an employee in dangerous work may be required to contribute to damages even where the host employer's own safety failures were the immediate cause of the injury. There is no standard tariff for labour hire company contributions; each case turns on its own facts. For indemnity costs in WA, rejection of an O 24A or Calderbank offer is not unreasonable merely because the offeror ultimately obtains a more favourable judgment.
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