Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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ELLERMAN LINES, LTD. v. F. REED & CO.

(1943) 75 Ll L Rep 29

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Macnaghten.

Negligence-Stevedores-Damage to ship- Loading of lorries on board plaintiffs' steamship-Hoisting by ship's derricks and winches-Collapse of mainmast supporting derrick-Fall of lorry on to deck -Absence of preventer stay on mainmast -Evidence that derricks had satisfied statutory safety tests-Claim by shipowners against stevedores - Alleged negligence in loading-Res ipsa loquitur.

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