Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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ST. JUST STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD. v. HARTLEPOOL PORT & HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS.

(1929) 34 Ll L Rep 344

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Wright.

Docks, Harbours, &c. - Negligence - Damage to plaintiffs' steamship by contact with sunken wreck - Vessel sunk 12 years previously-Knowledge of harbour authority - Duty of authority at common law and under private Act-Liability of authority where "unjustifiably ignorant" of obstruction-Failure of harbour authority to exercise reasonable care and skill in identifying position of and in dispersing wreck - Judgment for plaintiffs.

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