The Weekly Law Reports
[2006] 1 WLR 546
Court of Appeal
Regina
v
Goodwin
[2005] EWCA Crim 3184
2005 Oct 26;
Nov 10;
Dec 7
Nov 10;
Dec 7
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers CJ, Rafferty and Mackay JJ
Shipping
— Collision
— Water ski-ing
— Jet skier in collision with stationary jet ski
— Whether jet ski “vessel used in navigation”
— Whether “sea-going”
— Whether “ship” within Merchant Shipping Acts
— Whether jet skier “master” of jet ski
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Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c 21), ss. 58(2)(b), 313(1)
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Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Unregistered Ships) Regulations 1991 (SI 1991/1366), reg 4