ON 28 AUGUST 1958, the High Court of Australia delivered Unsworth v Commissioner for Railways [1958] HCA 41; (1958) 101 CLR 73 (28 August 1958).

An action for contribution is not in itself an action for damages but a statutory right of action assuming the existence of a liability in the party  against whom the contribution is sought.

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