THE "EDISON."

(1932) 42 Ll.L.Rep. 23

COURT OF APPEAL.

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

Collision - Loss of plaintiffs' dredger - Damages - Reference - Motion by defendants in objection to Registrar's report - Interruption of plaintiffs' contract with harbour authority - Delay in finding substitute dredger owing to lack of financial resources - Effect upon measure of damages - Restitutio in integrum - Remoteness - Finding of Registrar that plaintiffs were entitled to take all reasonable steps in the emergency which arose to carry out their contract with as little delay as possible, having regard to all the existing circumstances, such as the severe terms of their contract in regard to penalties and their want of liquid resources; that plaintiffs were equally bound to minimize the damages flowing from the sinking of their dredger; and that the plaintiffs, in the action they took, acted reasonably