A contractual clause excluding the operation of the proportionate liability regime in Pt 4 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) does not constitute an assumption of liability 'regardless of fault' for the purposes of a contractual liability exclusion in a public liability insurance policy, because the proportionate liability regime only applies where there has been a failure to take reasonable care — the clause only operates when the insured is already at fault.
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