CROWN RIVER CRUISES LTD. v. KIMBOLTON FIREWORKS LTD. AND LONDON FIRE & CIVIL DEFENCE AUTHORITY

[1996] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 533

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Potter

Negligence - Nuisance - Rylands v. Fletcher principle - Fireworks display on Thames - Fire damage to mooring barge and passenger vessel - Source and causation of fire - Whether first defendants liable in nuisance and under principle in Rylands v. Fletcher - Whether damage to vessels caused by second defendants’ negligent failure to properly extinguish initial fire on mooring barge - Contribution between defendants.