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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1936 - SECT 63

63—Abolition of rule of common employment

        (1)         Where any injury or damage is suffered by a servant by reason of the wrongful act, neglect or default of a fellow servant, the employer of those servants shall be liable in damages in respect of that injury or damage in the same manner and in the same cases as if those servants had not been engaged in a common employment.

        (2)         This section applies to any injury or damage arising from a wrongful act, neglect or default committed after the enactment of this section, whether the contract of employment was made before or is made after the enactment of this section.

        (3)         "Employer" in this section includes the Crown and instrumentalities of the Crown.



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