Accident Compensation Liability Without Fault- the New Zealand Experience

Abstract

In most legal systems throughout the world, liability for damage caused is attributed on a personal basis, primarily through the law of toddelict. Although liability may arise in some cases through other systems, such as strict liability schemes, the standard legal mechanism for obtaining compensation is through the use of a civil action maintaining corporate or individual fault. The tort of negligence is a relative newcomer to the panoply of available actions.' but it is perhaps the one which has attracted the most comment and criticism.