HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD v. W. A. MASSEY & SONS, LTD.

(1937) 58 Ll.L.Rep. 98

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Sir Wilfrid Greene (Master of the Rolls), Lord Justice Romer and Lord Justice Scott.

Pilotage - Dues - Humber Conservancy Board Pilotage By-laws-Construction. (1) Vessels inward bound to Old Harbour, Hull-Humber pilot taken on board at seaward limit of pilotage district - No berth available on arrival-Anchored in Hull Roads until next high tide-Whether service from sea to anchorage and from anchorage to berth separate services. (2) Vessels outward bound from Hull via Hull and Barnsley Jetty to bunker - Humber pilot taken on board from inward limit-Vessel taken by pilot to seaward limit after bunkering-Whether service from Hull to jetty and from jetty to sea separate services. (3) Vessel outward bound from Hull via Salt End Jetty to load cargo-Humber pilot taken on board at inward limit-Vessel taken by pilot to seaward limit after cargo loaded-Whether Salt End Jetty "any other place at Hull"-Applicability of par. 5 or par. 9 of Schedule to By-laws.

Humber Conservancy Board Pilotage By-laws, Nos. 38, 59; Schedule, Part I, pars. 1, 5, 9, 10, 14-Decision of learned County Court Judge that vessel was required to pay for two separate pilotage stages in each case-Implication of charges not clearly provided for in Schedule-Appeal by shipowners.