THE "CHARLES LIVINGSTON."

(1941) 69 Ll L Rep 180

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain W. R. Chaplin and Captain P. N. Layton, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Limitation of liability-Actual fault or privity-Life claims-Loss of pilot boat belonging to Mersey Docks and Harbour Board-Admittedly due to improper navigation-No certificated master on board-Whether pilot boat a "home-trade passenger ship" - Appointments of first-class pilots as masters - Alleged incompetence of second master-Whether appointment of pilot as second master justified, bearing in mind the Harbour Board's knowledge of his career-Pilot boat not equipped with grab-lines or grab-battens -Alleged lack of line-throwing apparatus-Undermanning- Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Sects. 92, 267, 503, 742 - Life-Saving Appliances Order, 1938, rr. 33, 45-Liverpool Pilotage Order, 1920.