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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