CHRISTIAN ANDERSON AND OTHERS v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND AND OTHERS (THE “DANICA BROWN”)

[1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 264

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Waller

General average - Due diligence - Claim for contribution - Vessel carrying defendants’ cargo broke down off Canada and required to be salved - Breakdown resulted from failure of an aft thrust roller bearing in the coupling box clutch assembly - Whether exercise of due diligence would have prevented failure of bearing - Whether plaintiffs entitled to claim general average contribution from defendants.