The act applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In Rahman v Arearose Ltd [2001] QB 351 it was held that the "same damage" meant the kind of indivisible injury as arises under common law in a case of concurrent torts.

This was affirmed in Nationwide Building Society v Dunlop Haywards (DHL) Ltd [2009] EWHC 254 (Comm).

In Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association v Allgemeines Krankenhaus Viersen GmbH [2022] UKSC 29, [2022] 3 WLR 1111 the Supreme Court held that the Act did not have extra-territorial effect.

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