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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1936 - SECT 59

CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1936 - SECT 59

59—Rights as between employer and employee

        (1)         Notwithstanding any Act or law, or the provisions express or implied of any contract or agreement, where an employee commits a tort for which his employer is vicariously liable—

            (a)         the employee shall not be liable to indemnify the employer in respect of the vicarious liability incurred by the employer; and

            (b)         unless the employee is otherwise entitled to indemnity in respect of his liability, the employer shall be liable to indemnify the employee in respect of liability incurred by the employee in respect of the tort.

        (2)         Where an employer is proceeded against for the tort of his employee, and the employee is entitled pursuant to a policy of insurance or contract of indemnity to be indemnified in respect of liability that he may incur in respect of the tort, the employer shall be subrogated to the rights of the employee under that policy or contract in respect of the liability incurred by him (the employer), arising from the commission of the tort.

        (3)         Where a person commits serious and wilful misconduct in the course of his employment and that misconduct constitutes a tort, the provisions of this section shall not apply in respect of that tort.