Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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BULK OIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. v. TEES CONSERVANCY COMMISSIONERS. (THE "PASS OF MELFORT.")

(1947) 81 Ll.L.Rep. 479

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Willmer, sitting with Commodore R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Docks, Harbours, etc. - Unsafe berth-Liability of river commissioners-Negligence -Damage sustained by plaintiffs' ship at moorings provided by Tees Conservancy Commissioners-Propeller fouled by wires and chain-Ship moored to buoys-Line of dolphins inshore of buoys - Wires and chain affixed to certain dolphins and lying on river bed for use of craft belonging to Commissioners - Whether plaintiffs' ship in moving from her moorings was navigated so close to the dolphins that she picked up the wires and chain off the mud -Consideration of obligation of Commissioners towards ships navigating in river.

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