THE "MARION"

[1982] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 52

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Sheen

Admiralty practice - Limitation of liability - Vessel anchored off Hartlepool - Anchor fouled oil pipeline - Master not using up to date charts - Whether plaintiffs had established that incident occurred without their actual fault or privity - Whether plaintiffs entitled to limit their liability - Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 503 - Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1958, s. 2 (1).