Ali v. Furness Withy (Shipping) Ltd. - Q.B.D. (Tudor Evans J.) - 30 March 1988

Whether master negligent in treatment of insane seaman

Mr. Ali was a crewman on the defendant’s vessel Joule . On 29 March 1983, when the vessel was anchored off Skikda, Algeria, Mr. Ali told the vessel’s master that four people were plotting to kill him, and that people had been banging on his door and drilling holes in the bulkhead to keep him awake.