THE "SWYNFLEET."

(1947) 81 Ll.L.Rep. 116

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Willmer.

Collision - Damages - Life claims - Foreign merchant seamen-Long delay in hearing claims-Increase in comparable earnings- Alteration in rate of exchange-Collision in 1939 between British steamship Swynfleet and French steamship Dinard- Dinard sunk, with loss of P. (chief engineer) and R. (stoker)-Admission of liability by Swynfleet-Limitation decree granted - Claims by dependants of deceased seamen under Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908, and under Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1943 - Reference as to life claims not heard until 1947-Right of Registrar to take into account events occurring since date of collision - Awards of learned Assistant Registrar based on estimation of probable earnings of seamen in 1947-Motion and cross-motion in objection-Power of Court to interfere with mere question of quantum.