THE "WORLD BEAUTY"

[1968] 1 Lloyd's Rep 507

ADMIRALTY DIVISION

Before Lord Justice Willmer, sitting as an additional Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division

Admiralty practice - Damages - Assessment -Detention of vessel following collision- Loss of profit - Mitigation of loss - Whether profits earned could not have been made but for collision - Whether excessive time spent in gas-freeing vessel - Whether plaintiffs failed to mitigate loss by chartering substitute vessel more timeously.