DEE CONSERVANCY BOARD AND OTHERS v. McCONNELL AND ANOTHER.

(1928) 30 Ll.L.Rep. 200

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Scrutton, Lord Justice Sankey and Mr. Justice Russell.

Wreck-Expenses of removal of obstruction - Loss of business of wharf-owners - Claims by River Dee Conservators and wharf-owners against owners of sunken vessel-Finding that vessel was unseaworthy and that she was negligently left unattended by crew with privity of owners-Abandonment to underwriters before expenditure incurred-Whether common law right in respect of negligence barred by private statute incorporating Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act, 1847-The Ella, [1915] P. 111, applied.