Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "CHARLES LIVINGSTON."

(1941) 69 Ll.L.Rep. 180

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain W. R. Chaplin and Captain P. N. Layton, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Limitation of liability-Actual fault or privity-Life claims-Loss of pilot boat belonging to Mersey Docks and Harbour Board-Admittedly due to improper navigation-No certificated master on board-Whether pilot boat a "home-trade passenger ship" - Appointments of first-class pilots as masters - Alleged incompetence of second master-Whether appointment of pilot as second master justified, bearing in mind the Harbour Board's knowledge of his career-Pilot boat not equipped with grab-lines or grab-battens -Alleged lack of line-throwing apparatus-Undermanning- Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Sects. 92, 267, 503, 742 - Life-Saving Appliances Order, 1938, rr. 33, 45-Liverpool Pilotage Order, 1920.

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