MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 145 Court to apportion damages

MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 145

145 Court to apportion damages

(cf s 82 MAA)

(1) If a judgment is obtained for payment of damages in respect of the death of or injury to any person caused by the fault of the owner or driver of an insured motor vehicle in the use or operation of the vehicle as well as for damages in respect of any other matter, the court must, as part of the judgment, declare what portion of the sum awarded by the judgment is in respect of the death or injury.

(2) In any such case, the court is to apportion any costs awarded.