This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
Title
1 Short Title
2 Act divided into Parts
Part 1Survival of causes of action after death
3 Effect of death on certain causes of action
Part 2Deaths by accidents compensation
4 [Repealed]
5 [Repealed]
6 [Repealed]
7 [Repealed]
8 [Repealed]
Part 3Charges on insurance money payable as indemnity for liability to pay damages or compensation
9 Amount of liability to be charge on insurance money payable against that liability
9A Claims for damages or compensation against estate of deceased owner where no administrator
10 Consequential repeals
Part 4Capacity, property, and liabilities of married women, and liabilities of husbands
11 [Repealed]
12 [Repealed]
13 [Repealed]
14 [Repealed]
15 [Repealed]
16 [Repealed]
Part 5Liability of tortfeasors
17 Proceedings against, and contribution between, joint and several tortfeasors
Part 6Liability of employers to their servants for injuries caused by the negligence of fellow servants
18 Defence of common employment abolished
Part 7Covenants in leases not to assign or underlet without consent of lessor
19 [Repealed]
Schedule
[Repealed]
An Act to effect reforms in the law relating to—
(1) the effect of death in relation to causes of action;
(2) the payment of compensation under the Deaths by Accidents Compensation Act 1908;
(3) charges on insurance money payable as indemnity for liability to pay damages or compensation;
(4) the capacity, property, and liabilities of married women, and the liabilities of husbands;
(5) proceedings against and contributions between tortfeasors;
(6) the liability of employers to their servants for injuries caused by the negligence of fellow servants; and
(7) covenants in leases not to assign or underlet without consent of lessor