Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "EMPIRE NENE."

(1948) 82 Ll.L.Rep. 101

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Willmer, sitting with Commodore R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Negligence - Sinking of barge in dock - Flooding by ship's discharge pipe - Plaintiffs' barge Sanda, loaded with timber, left unattended in Royal Albert Dock-Defendants steamship Empire Nene moored at quay-Wooden screen erected for purpose of deflecting water from discharge pipe down ship's side- Unexplained drifting of barge during night - Found by lighterman next morning to be lying waterlogged underneath discharge pipe, barge sinking before pump could be obtained - Liability of ship-Standard of care- Duty of barge-Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, Sect. 155 (5), (6).

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