Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "PROMETHEUS."

(1948) 82 Ll.L.Rep. 859

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Bucknill, Lord Justice Asquith and Mr. Justice Hodson, sitting with Rear-Admiral M. W. S. Boucher and Captain Lewis Parfitt, Nautical Assessors.

Salvage - Award - Appeal - Alleged arrangement fixing salvage remuneration irrespective of success - Requisition of plaintiffs' vessels by Crown representative for purpose of rendering salvage services to defendants' ship - Representative without authority - Salvage successful-Claim made by salvors - Award - Appeal against quantum on ground that salvors were entitled to remuneration independently of success-Merchant Shipping (Salvage) Act, 1940, Sect. 1.

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