Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A defendant
against whom judgment is given under this Part as a concurrent wrongdoer in
relation to an apportionable claim —
(a)
cannot be required to contribute to the damages or contribution recovered from
another concurrent wrongdoer in respect of an apportionable claim (whether or
not the damages or contribution are recovered in the same proceedings in which
judgment is given against the defendant); and
(b)
cannot be required to indemnify any such wrongdoer.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not affect an agreement by a defendant to contribute to the damages
recoverable from or to indemnify another concurrent wrongdoer in relation to
an apportionable claim.
[Section 5AL inserted: No. 58 of 2003 s. 9;
amended: No. 43 of 2004 s. 10.]