Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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B.O.C.M. SILCOCK LTD. v. THE COMPANY AND PROPRIETORS OF SELBY BRIDGE

[1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 322

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Brandon

Navigation-Breach of statutory duty-Bridge erected in 1791 over navigable river - Bridge owners to rebuild bridge capable of taking modern traffic - Provided fixed Bailey bridge over swing span waterway - Navigation restricted - Millers incurred expense through obstruction of bridge during rebuilding - Whether bridge owners' acts authorized by Bridge Act, 1791 - Whether modern traffic and planning legislation applied - Bridge Act, 1791, ss. 52, 54, 60, Road Traffic Act, 1972, s. 195.

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