The Weekly Law Reports
[2016] 2 WLR 649
Court of Appeal
Feest v South West Strategic Health Authority and another (Bay Island Voyages, Part 20 defendant)
[2015] EWCA Civ 708
2015 June 9;
July 15
Laws, Tomlinson, Kitchin LJJ
Shipping— Carriage of passengers— Liability for injury— Claimant injured during boat trip in course of employment bringing action against employer— Employer claiming contribution from carrier— Carrier relying on time bar in Athens Convention— Whether Convention applying to contribution proceedings— Time bar applying to action for damages for personal injury— Whether extinguishing underlying right of action— Whether claim for contribution against carrier extinguished—
Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 (c 47), s1(1)
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Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c 21), Sch 6, Pt I, art 16(1)