Proportionate Liability – still causing insurance havoc
| By Ray Giblett and Scott Laycock of Gadens Lawyers, Sydney
It is now several years since the commencement of proportionate liability in New South Wales[1] yet it continues to wreak havoc in the allocation and management of risk in a variety of contexts. This is particularly so in the context of construction projects where parties routinely contract out of proportionate liability in an attempt to avoid a multiplicity of claims arising when something goes wrong. read more… |