Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "ROBERTA."

(1937) 58 Ll.L.Rep. 159

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton.

Bill of lading-Damage to cargo carried in Dutch motor vessel-Unseaworthiness -Incursion of water into hold owing to negligence of engineer in leaving open cock controlling bilge suction-Vessel under time charter- Claim by cargo-owners against shipowners and against time-charterers- Liability of time-charterers under bill of lading-"This bill of lading shall be governed by and construed according to Dutch law"-Duty of shipowner under Dutch law to exercise due diligence to make vessel seaworthy- Whether shipowners failed in that duty by reason of (a) failure to provide a non-return valve; (b) the employment of an untrustworthy and incompetent engineer.

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