The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1923] AC 345
[HOUSE OF LORDS.]
MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD APPELLANTS; AND HAY AND OTHERS RESPONDENTS.
(S.S. THE COUNTESS — LIMITATION.)
MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD APPELLANTS; AND HAY AND OTHERS RESPONDENTS.
(S.S. THE COUNTESS — DETINUE.)
1923 March 16.
EARL OF BIRKENHEAD, VISCOUNT FINLAY, LORD ATKINSON, LORD SUMNER, and LORD PHILLIMORE.
Shipping
— Collision
— Docks and Ports
— Collision with Dock Gates
— Dockowners' Rights of Detention
— Statutory Powers of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Boar
— Limitation of Liability
— Rateable Distribution
— Priorities
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Mersey Dock Acts Consolidation Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. xcii.), s. 94
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Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), ss. 503, 504
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Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 32), ss. 1, 3.