Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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BRITISH PETROLEUM COMPANY, LTD. v. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF CEYLON.

(1925) 23 Ll L Rep 264

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OFTHE PRIVY COUNCIL.

Before Lord Dunedin, Lord Sumner and Lord Wrenbury.

Negligence - Damage to ship - Defective berth - Action by owners against Government of Ceylon - Whether provision of defective berth a breach of contractual right or tortious act - Whether Government liable in tort - Roman-Dutch law-Compulsory pilotage -Pilots appointed by Governor- Government protected by local ordinance -Ordinance No. 4 of 1899, Sect. 11.

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