MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY v. MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND CIVIL AVIATION AND THE UPPER MERSEY NAVIGATION COMMISSIONERS.

[1957] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 539

CHANCERY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Danckwerts.

Inland waterway-Transport charges-Revision of charges-Application for declaration that charges were not charges which the undertakers were authorized to demand in pursuance of any statutory provision and that Order revising charges was ultra vires-Meaning of "charges"-Manchester Ship Canal Act, 1893, Sect. 35-Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1954, Sect. 6 -Upper Mersey Navigation (Revision of Charges) Order, 1956.