VOKINS & CO., LTD., AND OTHERS v. "MAJFRID" (OWNERS) AND OTHERS.

(1941) 71 Ll.L.Rep. 161

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Negligence - Damage to barges - Barges safely moored at berth (River Thames) -Steamship bound for same berth- Arrival off berth-Barges unattended- Barges shifted under orders of pilot of steamship to another position in berth farther up river-New position unsafe for barges to lie in-Damage incurred in taking ground - Claim by bargeowners against shipowners-Allegation by shipowners of negligence against wharfowners-Wharfowners joined as second defendants - Knowledge of wharfowners that barges had been re-moored in an unsafe position-Duty of wharfowners-Whether shipowners entitled to assume that whole frontage of wharf was safe to lie in.