OCEANGAS (GIBRALTAR) LTD. v. PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY (THE “CAVENDISH”)

[1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 292

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Clarke

Pilotage - Collision - Plaintiffs’ vessel struck buoy in approaches to Thames causing damage to vessel - Vessel in the charge of a compulsory pilot employed by port authority - Whether authority vicariously liable for pilot’s negligence - Whether authority liable to plaintiffs for breach of contract - Whether plaintiffs’ claim precluded by s. 16 of the Pilotage Act, 1987.