| Contributory Negligence and Personal Injuries Act |
| (CHAPTER 54) |
(Original Enactment: Ordinance 37 of 1953)
| REVISED EDITION 1989 |
| (15th March 1989) |
| An Act relating to contributory negligence and for purposes connected therewith and to abolish the defence of common employment. |
| [1st March 1954] |
| Short title |
| 1. This Act may be cited as the Contributory Negligence and Personal Injuries Act. |
| Interpretation |
2. In this Act —
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| Apportionment of liability in case of contributory negligence |
| Saving for Maritime Conventions Act 1911 and past cases |
4.—(1) This Act shall not apply to any claims to which section 1 of the Maritime Conventions Act 1911 [U.K. 1911 c. 57.] applies and that Act shall have effect as if this Act had not been passed.
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| Common employment |
5.—(1) It shall not be a defence to an employer who is sued in respect of personal injuries caused by the negligence of a person employed by him, that that person was at the time the injuries were caused in common employment with the person injured.
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