Robb v F T Everard & Sons Ltd (The ‘Conformity’) - Court of Appeal (Evans, Thorpe and Potter LJJ) - 18 March 1999

Negligence - Crew member killed in accident in course of removing Macgregor hatch cover - Whether negligence of another crew member materially contributed to the accident - Whether accident too remote - Apportionment for contributory negligence

The Chief Officer of the defendants’ vessel Conformity was accidentally killed in the course of removing a Macgregor hatch cover with another crew member. The plaintiff was the widow of the deceased, and she claimed damages from the defendants for negligence and for breach of statutory duty.