Contribution between persons liable for the same damage

Reference received: ​12 August 1985 

​Reports

Report 89: Contribution Between Persons Liable for the Same Damage (PDF, 437.2 KB), March 1999

• Tabled in parliament: 25 May 1999
• Judicial citation: ​Fatur v I C Formwork Services Pty Ltd (2000) 155 FLR 70 at para 48; Alexander v Perpetual Trustees WA Ltd(2004) 204 ALR 417 (HCA) at para 23

Report 65: Solidary Liability (PDF, 85.7 KB), July 1990

• Tabled in parliament: 12 September 1990
• Judicial citation: AWA Ltd v Daniels (1992) 7 ACSR 759 at 877
  

Discussion paper

• ​Discussion Paper 38: Contribution between Persons Liable for the Same Damage, September 1997
  
• Legislative action: Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Dust Diseases and Other Matters) Act 1998 Sch 1 [5]​
  
• Judicial citation: ​James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd v Seltsam Pty Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 53 at para 58; Queanbeyan Leagues Club Ltd v Poldune Pty Ltd (NSW SC, No 3418/96, Hamilton J, 17 December 1998, unreported)

Journal articles

​A Rogers, "Fairness or joint and several liability" (2000) 8 Torts Law Journal 107; M J Tilbury, "Fairness indeed?: A reply to Andrew Rogers" (2000) 8 Torts Law Journal 113; Peter B Kutner, "A problem of contribution: should judgment for a defendant in an action for damages bar liability for contribution?" (2000) 29 Anglo-American Law Review 397

Terms of reference

To inquire into and report on:

• the law governing rights of contribution between two or more persons responsible for the same damage; and
• any incidental matter.