Section 15
Assessment of contribution
of Fatal Accidents and Personal Injuries Act
(1)
Subject to subsection (3), in any proceeding for contribution under section 14, 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 in question.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), the court shall have power in any such proceeding —
(a)
to exempt any person from liability to make contribution; or
(b)
to direct that the contribution to be recovered from any person shall amount to a complete indemnity.
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(3)
Where the amount of the damages which have or might have been awarded in respect of the damage in question in any action by or on behalf of the person who suffered it against the person from whom the contribution is sought was or would have been subject to —
(a)
any limit imposed by or under any written law or by any agreement made before the damage occurred;
(b)
any reduction by virtue of section 8 or 9; or
(c)
any corresponding limit or reduction under the law of a country outside Brunei Darussalam, the person from whom the contribution is sought shall not, by virtue of any contribution awarded under section 14, be required to pay in respect of the damage a greater amount than the amount of those damages as so limited or reduced.