Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

Document

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY v. MILFORD HAVEN PORT AUTHORITY AND ANDREWS (THE “SEA EMPRESS”)

[1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 673

CARDIFF CROWN COURT

Before Mr. Justice David Steel

Pilotage - Negligent navigation - Oil pollution - Penalty - Compulsory pilotage in Milford Haven - Tanker inward bound - Tanker struck rocks and shortly after grounded - Escape of oil - Casualty attributable to negligent navigation by pilot - Port authority pleaded guilty to causing pollution - Assessment of appropriate penalty - Water Resources Act, 1991, s. 85(1).

The rest of this document is only available to i-law.com online subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, click Log In button.