HALIM v. ALEXANDRIA NAVIGATION COMPANY (LONDON), LTD.

(1948) 82 Ll.L.Rep. 621

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Morris.

Master and servant-Contract of service- Dispute as to terms - Claim by ship's engineer for wages, subsistence allowance, expenses of repatriation, etc.- Plaintiff appointed by defendants in London as junior engineer on board their motor vessel Empire Confidence- Ship to proceed from United Kingdom to Egypt, where she was to be taken over by Egyptian company, plaintiff thereafter to be employed under an Egyptian agreement-"Free repatriation to arrival in U.K. if Egyptian agreement ends abroad, also wages payable providing discharge is not due to misconduct"-Whether defendants in making agreement in London were acting as agents of Egyptian company - Arrival in Egypt - Plaintiff not immediately taken on by Egyptian company under Egyptian agreement -Wages and subsistence allowance withheld-Defendants' plea of justification - Alleged refusal by plaintiff to sign on as junior engineer - Plaintiff eventually re-engaged as junior engineer on ship, which put into Southampton with generator trouble on way to New York-Whether plaintiff should have signed off his articles at Southampton - Claims for back pay, etc., then still outstanding - Arrangements made by defendants for plaintiff's services to continue - Arrival back in Egypt, where plaintiff was discharged -Withdrawal by defendants of plea that plaintiff was discharged for misconduct - Repatriation effected four months later at plaintiff's own expense -Arrival back in Glasgow-Right to recover railway expenses to London.