Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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TULLY v. WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.

(1942) 72 Ll.L.Rep. 115

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Tucker.

Negligence - Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931- Protection of openings- Breach of statutory duty- Fatal accident to plumber engaged in degaussing work on board defendants' steamship moored to buoys in River Tyne- Fall into hold - Claim brought by widow for damages under Fatal Accidents Acts- Evidence that hold was unprotected- Contributory negligence- Right of recovery for breach of statutory duty under Shipbuilding Regulations- Buoys deemed to be part of Northumberland Dock - Regulations applicable to shipbuilding yard - Whether shipowners were "occupiers" of yard- Tyne Improvement Acts, 1867 and 1886.

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