The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1956] AC 218
[HOUSE OF LORDS.]
ESSO PETROLEUM CO. LTD. APPELLANTS; AND SOUTHPORT CORPORATION RESPONDENTS.
1955 Oct. 17,
18;
Dec. 12.
Dec. 12.
EARL JOWITT, LORD NORMAND, LORD MORTON OF HENRYTON, LORD RADCLIFFE and LORD TUCKER.
Shipping
— Collision, etc.
— Stranding
— Public navigable river
— Ship refloated by jettison of oil
— Damage to foreshore by oil
— Action by foreshore owners against shipowners
— Claim based on trespass, nuisance and negligence of owner's servants
— Suggestion of faulty steering gear made at trial
— Not pleaded
— Res ipsa loquitur
— Onus of proof.
Shipping
— Nuisance. Negligence
— Onus of proof
— Res ipsa loquitur. Trespass
— Indirect act. Nuisance. Practice
— Pleadings
— Omission
— Reliance on, not pedantry. Admiralty
— Assessor
— Shipping
— Admiralty question in Queen's Bench Division
— Need for assessor. Practice
— Assessor.