Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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SVENSSONS TRAVARUAKTIEBOLAG v. CLIFFE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD.

(1931) 41 Ll L Rep 262

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Wright.

Charter-party-Short delivery-Loss of part of deck-load-Heeling over of vessel before cargo secured by lashing -Collapse of bulwarks-Whether deck-load excessive-Alleged negligence of captain in conduct of loading - Unseaworthiness - Doctrine of seaworthiness by stages-Deck-load "at charterers' risk" - Exception of "accidents of navigation . . . accidents to hull . . . even when occasioned by the negligence . . . of the . . . master"-

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