Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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HAY v. MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD AND SAME v. SAME ("THE COUNTESS")

(1922) 13 Ll L Rep 416

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before the Earl of Birkenhead, Viscount Finlay, Lord Atkinson, Lord Sumner and Lord Phillimore.

Collision with Dock Gates-Detention of colliding Vessel by Dock Authority- Limitation of Liability-Claim by Barges for Rateable Proportion of their Damage out of limited Sum-Disposal of Amount in Court transferred to Credit of Limitation Action-Claim by Dock Owners for Damager in Priority- Effect of Private Acts and Merchant Shipping Acts.

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