Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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WADDLE v. WALLSEND SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD.*

[1952] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 105

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Devlin.

Ship - Unseaworthiness - Loss without trace - Possible causes of loss - Structural weakness - Striking of mine - Construction of ship - Departure from building plans and subsequent alteration in disposition of bailers - Knowledge of classification surveyor and of repairers - Whether to be imputed to owners - Extent of owners' responsibility - Presumption of unseaworthiness - Alternative possible explanations - Onus of proof - Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Sect. 458.

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