Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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INDIA RUBBER, GUTTA PERCHA & TELEGRAPH WORKS COMPANY, LTD. v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

(1927) 28 Ll.L.Rep. 313

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bateson (sitting as an additional Judge of the King's Bench Division).

Ship-Cable ship-Claim for hire-Repairs to Atlantic cable-Counterclaim for negligence in carrying out repairs- Whether vessel fit to execute work- Competence of crew-Finding that delays were necessarily incidental to cable work and that plaintiffs were not negligent-Judgment for plaintiffs.

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