THE "IKALA."

(1929) 35 Ll L Rep 71

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bateson.

Collision - Damages - Reference - Loss of use of oil-carrying vessel in commercial service during war period - Basis of assessment-Vessel exempted from requisition on undertaking of owners to employ her in carrying lubricating oil -Quantity of oil for import controlled by Government-Objection to Registrar's report-Case sent back by House of Lords-Second reference-Further evidence that the full quota of oil was incompleted during collision year; and that foreign tonnage was chartered, a proportion supplying the tonnage lost by the detention-Plaintiffs awarded, as damages, cost of chartering extra tonnage to replace tonnage lost by detention.