Circumstances in which, approving the judgment of the Lord President in which he deals with the presumption of fault when a collision occurs between a moving and a stationary vessel, and the necessity of averring and proving specific fault on the part of a compulsory pilot in order to obtain the benefit of section 633 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, the defenders were assoilzied in an action of damages arising out of a collision between their vessel, a moving vessel under a compulsory pilot, and the pursuers’ vessel, a stationary vessel moored to a wharf.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lord Macnaghten, Lord Atkinson, Lord Shaw, and Lord Robson, with Nautical Assessors
Citations:
[1912] UKHL 473, 49 SLR 473
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Transport
Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.619233
