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Law Reform Act 1936

Public Act	1936 No 31
Date of assent	18 September 1936

Note

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.

Contents

2 Act divided into Parts

Part 1
Survival of causes of action after death

3 Effect of death on certain causes of action

Part 2
Deaths by accidents compensation

4 [Repealed]

5 [Repealed]

6 [Repealed]

7 [Repealed]

8 [Repealed]

Part 3
Charges 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 4
Capacity, property, and liabilities of married women, and liabilities of husbands

11 [Repealed]

12 [Repealed]

13 [Repealed]

14 [Repealed]

15 [Repealed]

16 [Repealed]

Part 5
Liability of tortfeasors

17 Proceedings against, and contribution between, joint and several tortfeasors

Part 6
Liability of employers to their servants for injuries caused by the negligence of fellow servants

18 Defence of common employment abolished

Part 7
Covenants in leases not to assign or underlet without consent of lessor

19 [Repealed]

[Repealed]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