JOHN MURRAY v. ELLERMAN LINES, LTD. (OWNERS OF THE STEAMSHIP "CROXTETH HALL"); JOSEPH COMERFORD v. WHITE STAR LINE (OWNERS OF THE STEAMSHIP "CELTIC").

(1930) 37 Ll L Rep 6

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Scrutton, Lord Justice Greer and Lord Justice Slesser.

Seamen - Wreck-Wages - Unemployment -Services terminated by wreck short time before completion of voyage under articles-Evidence of probable employment on vessel on next voyage-Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act, 1925, Sect. 1 (1), (2) -Construction-Right of seamen to voyages-Held (Slesser, L.J., dissenting) that, upon the facts, the seamen had shown a prima facie right under the Act which was not affected by the fact that the termination of the seamen's services under their articles was imminent; and that the onus of showing that the unemployment was not due to the wreck or that suitable employment was obtainable had not been discharged by the shipowners-Judgment entered for seamen for two months' wages from date of wreck, less any amounts received during that period under the Government unemployment scheme.