HAWKINGS v. THAMES STEVEDORING COMPANY, LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) AND UNION COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LTD.

(1936) 55 Ll L Rep 83

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Atkinson.

Negligence-Personal injuries sustained by workman employed by C.I. Co.-Workman engaged in insulation work in motor vessel Tuscan Star-Fall from shelter deck into hold-Shore gang engaged by stevedoring company also employed on board in fitting vessel ready for sea-Claim by workman against stevedoring company and against shipowners - Whether shore gang in employ of stevedoring company or shipowners-Allegation that hatch cover was off and that hatch was inadequately fenced and insufficiently lighted-Evidence of position of lifeline and of absence of light at time of accident-Whether process of unloading completed-Duty of stevedoring company and shipowners at common law and under Docks Regulations, 1934- Cause of accident-Whether plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence- Docks Regulations, 1934, Regulations 12, 37-Definition of "processes."