Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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SAGITTARIUS (OWNERS) v. SCHWARZBURG (OWNERS) (THE "SCHWARZBURG")

[1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 26

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Brandon (assisted by Captain D. A. G. Dickens and Captain T. Woodfield, Elder Brethren of Trinity House)

Collision - Collision in River Plate Estuary in sharp bend of channel - Contravention of local rules of navigation - Inward bound vessel alteration to port due to involuntary sheer due to hydrodynamic causes - Outward bound vessel not holding back in accordance with local rule - Apportionment of blame - International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 196S, r. 27 - Argentine Republic Code (c. 38) Navigation in Waters within the National Jurisdiction, ants. 1466, 1470(1), 1488(b), 1489, 1490(a).

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