Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "DUX."

(1938) 61 Ll.L.Rep. 84

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain W. E. Crumplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Negligent navigation-Grounding of plaintiffs' lighter Seabird in River Trent- Seabird, in tow of tug Ferryman, bound up river-Defendants' keel Dux working her way up river along the east bank by means of boathooks-Dux blown away from bank, drifting across course of tow-Grounding of Seabird in consequence of helm action taken to avoid Dux-Total loss of Seabird and cargo.

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