Updates and background for this project (Digest)

Table of Contents

Terms of Reference
Participants

Chapter 1: COMMUNITY LAW REFORM PROGRAM AND THIS REFERENCE
I. Introduction ... 1.1
II. The Law Governing Employees' Liability ... 1.2
III. Background to Reference ... 1.5
IV. Subsequent Interpretation of the 1982 Act and the Remainder of the Reference ... 1.9
Footnotes

Chapter 2: THE PRESENT LAW IN NEW SOUTH WALES
I. Introduction ... 2.1
II. How Employees May Be Liable ... 2.2

A. Direct Liability ... 2.2
B. Indirect Liability/Indemnityand Contribution ... 2.6
1. Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd ... 2.8
2. Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, s 5 ... 2.15
3. Workers' Compensation Act 1926, s64A ... 2.25

A. Subrogation ... 2.36
B. Assignment ... 2.40
C. Contribution between Insurers ... 2.42

Chapter 3: REFORMS OUTSIDE NEW SOUTH WALES
I. Introduction ... 3.1
II. Tasmania ... 3 .2
III. South Australia ... 3.4
IV. Northern Territory ... 3.8
V. England ... 3.11
VI. Other Eurupean Countries ... 3.13
Footnotes

Chapter 4: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM
I. Introduction ... 4.1
II. Recommendations ... 4.4
III. Rights of Employers Against Employees ... 4.9

A. Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd ... 4.10
B. Contribution Under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, s64A ... 4.11
C. Workers' Compensation Act 1926, s64A ... 4.12
D. Per quod Servitium Amisit ... 4.24