Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "VERNON CITY."

(1942) 72 Ll.L.Rep. 223

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice MacKinnon, Lord Justice du Parcq and Mr. Justice Lewis, sitting with Rear-Admiral K. D. W. Macpherson and Captain G. Clarke, Nautical Assessors.

Collision- Convoy- Fog- Excessive speed- Whether convoy orders paramount to Collision Regulations - Collision between steamships Lairdscastle and Vernon City off entrance to River Clyde - Lairdscastle bound from Glasgow to Belfast; Vernon City at head of column in inward-bound convoy- Lairdscastle sunk - Vernon City navigating at excessive speed, in breach of Art. 16- Failure to stop her engines on hearing whistle of Lairdscastle forward of her beam- Duty of vessel in convoy to obey convoy orders- Authority of Admiralty to make special provision for regulating the movements and navigation of vessels - Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939- Defence Regulations, 1939- Navigation Order No. 1, 1939.

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