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LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1965 - SECT 15 Apportionment by judge or jury

LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1965 - SECT 15

Apportionment by judge or jury

15 Apportionment by judge or jury

(1) If proceedings to which section 9 applies are tried by a judge sitting without a jury, the judge is to make the apportionment under section 9.
(2) If proceedings to which section 9 applies are tried by a judge sitting with a jury, the jury is to determine the total damages that would have been recoverable had there been no contributory negligence by the claimant, and the extent to which those damages are to be reduced.