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IN RE RAILWAYS ACT, 1921. APPEAL OF MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY. SAME. APPEAL OF DOCK AND HARBOUR AUTHORITIES ASSOCIATION.

(1927) 27 Ll L Rep 189

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Bankes, Lord Justice Scrutton and Lord Justice Atkin.

Docks owned by railway companies- Delimitation between dock and railway - Adjustment by Railway Rates Tribunal of charges to revenue - Alleged inadequacy of charges in respect of "ancillary or subsidiary" business -Unfair advantage over non-railway docks - Appeal against definition adopted by Railway Rates Tribunal allowed, but no alternative definition laid down-Dependent upon particular circumstances of each dock and upon the statutes governing it-Railways Act, 1921, Sects. 28 (1) (f), 58 (4), 59 (6), and Schedule V (11)-Construction.

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