Section 10, The Law Reform (Law short title

(1) Where damage is suflered by any person as a result Proccedingsof a tort (whether a crime or not) against, andcontribution(a) judgment recovered against any tort-feasor liable in between,respect of that damage shall not be a ba: to an action Tort-feasors. against any other person who would, if sued, h£ve been liable as a joint tort-feasor in respect of the same damage ; (6) if more than one action is brought in respect of thatdamage by or on behalf of the person by whom it was suffered, or for the benefit of the estate, or of the wife, husband, parent or child, of that person, against tort-feasors liable in respect of the damage (whether as joint tort-feasors or otherwise) the sums recoverable under the judgments given in those actions by wayof damages shall not in the aggregate exceed the amount of the damages awarded by the judgment first given; and in any of those actions, other than that in which judgment is first given, the plaintiff shall notbe entitled to costs unless the court is of opinion that there was reasonable ground for bringing the action; (c) any tort-feasor liable in respect of that damage mayrecover Contribution from any other tort-feasor who is,or would if sued have been, liable in respect of thesame damage, whether as a joint tort-feasor or otherwise, so, however, that no person shall be entitled to recover contribution under this section from any personentitled to be indemnified by him in respect of the liability in respect of which the contribution is sought. A 233 (2) In any proceedings for contribution under thissection the amount of the contribution recoverable from any person shall be such as may be found by the court to be just and equitable having regard to the extent of that, person's responsibility for the damage; and the court shall have power to exempt any person from liability to make contribution, or to direct that the contribution to be recovered from any person shall amount to a complete indemnity. (3) For the purposes of this section (a) the expressions parent " and child " have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 and the Fatal Accidents Act, 1864; and A234 Amendment Amendnment of Fatal Accidents Act, 1846. Application No. 33 1orate. Lav Reform (Law of Tort) Cap. 116. (b) the reference in this section to " he judgment first given " shall, in a case where that judgment is reverscd on appcal, be construcd as a reference lo the judgment first given which is not so reversed and, in acase where a judgment is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to that judgment as so varied. (4) Nothing in this section shall