The case confirms that the principles in Andar Transport v Brambles apply to one-person companies where the injured employee is the sole director and shareholder: the corporate structure does not reduce the employer's share of statutory contribution. The commercial or practical inferiority of an employer relative to its customer is irrelevant to the employer's non-delegable duty and does not affect apportionment. The characterisation of statutory contribution claims as delictual for choice of law purposes (Baldry v Jackson) was doubted but not resolved.
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