THE "COPELAND" AND THE "STARLING."
(1928) 31 Ll.L.Rep. 269
ADMIRALTY DIVISION.
Before Mr. Justice Bateson, sitting with Captain T. Golding and Captain A. H. Ryley, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.
Collision between barge and steamship in Blackwall Reach - Joint defendants- Allegation by first defendants that collision was the inevitable result of second defendants' negligence - Vessel approaching a narrow bend in the Thames against the tide-Duty to ease and stop - Port of London River By-laws, 1914-26, Nos. 33 and 36 - Second defendants found alone to blame.