Medway Ports Authority (Port of Sheerness) v Captain Fincken: Admn 30 Jun 2010

Appeal by way of case stated which raises the question as to whether it was lawful for the magistrates sitting at the Medway Court on 30th November 2009 to dismiss two summonses alleging a failure to notify the Ports Authority for the purposes of obtaining pilotage. The magistrates dismissed the summonses on the basis that no one had appeared on behalf of the prosecution to prosecute the case against a ship captained by Captain Fincken, and named the Rainbow Warrior.

Judges:

Moses LJ, Wyn Williams J

Citations:

[2010] EWHC 2229 (Admin)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Magistrates, Criminal Practice

Updated: 24 August 2022; Ref: scu.424077