Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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CARROLL v. PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY.

[1953] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 66

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Parker.

Negligence - System of working - Discharge of bagged cargo from ship overside into barge - Use of "married gear" - Plaintiff dock labourer in barge struck by part of hoisting tackle - Alleged negligence of winchman, of hatchwayman, and/or of fellow dock labourer - Whether system unsafe in that "married gear" was not fitted with swivel - Contributory negligence.

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