Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd

Subject Matter

SHIPPING — Nuisance — Discharge of oil — Public navigable river — Tanker stranded in estuary — Refloated by jettison of oil cargo — Damage to foreshore by oil — Action by owners of foreshore against shipowners — Claim based on trespass, nuisance and negligence — Negligence — Res ipsa loquitur — Onus of proof.

[1954] 2 QB 182; [1954] 3 WLR 200; [1954] 2 All ER 561, CA

SHIPPING — Collision — Negligence — Onus of proof. Negligence — Onus of proof — Res ipsa loquitur. Trespass — Indirect act. Nuisance. Practice — Pleadings — Omission — Due to other party's reticence.

[1954] 2 QB 182; [1954] 3 WLR 200; [1954] 2 All ER 561, CA

SHIPPING — Collision, etc. — Stranding — Public navigable river — Ship refloated by jettison of oil — Damage to foreshore by oil — Action by foreshore owners against shipowners — Claim based on trespass, nuisance and negligence of owner's servants — Suggestion of faulty steering gear made at trial — Not pleaded — Res ipsa loquitur — Onus of proof

[1956] AC 218; [1956] 2 WLR 81; [1955] 3 All ER 864, HL(E)

SHIPPING — Nuisance. Negligence — Onus of proof — Res ipsa loquitur. Trespass — Indirect act. Nuisance. Practice — Pleadings — Omission — Reliance on, not pedantry. Admiralty — Assessor — Shipping — Admiralty question in Queen's Bench Division — Need for assessor. Practice — Assessor

[1956] AC 218; [1956] 2 WLR 81; [1955] 3 All ER 864, HL(E)

Appellate History

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1956] AC 218; [1956] 2 WLR 81; [1955] 3 All ER 864, HL(E)

Cases considered in: Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1954] 2 QB 182; [1954] 3 WLR 200; [1954] 2 All ER 561, CA

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1956] AC 218; [1956] 2 WLR 81; [1955] 3 All ER 864, HL(E)

Cases subsequently considering: Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1954] 2 QB 182; [1954] 3 WLR 200; [1954] 2 All ER 561, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1953] 3 WLR 773; [1953] 2 All ER 1204, QBD

Austin v Comr of Police of the Metropolis [2005] EWHC 480 (QB); [2005] HRLR 647, QBD

Gillingham Borough Council v Medway (Chatham) Dock Co Ltd [1993] QB 343; [1992] 3 WLR 449; [1992] 3 All ER 923; 91 LGR 160; 91 LGR 160; [1992] 1 PLR 113; (1992) 63 P & CR 205; [1993] Env LR 98; The Times, 10 October 1991; The Independent, 20 September 1991, QBD

Cases citing: Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1954] 2 QB 182; [1954] 3 WLR 200; [1954] 2 All ER 561, CA

AB v South West Water Services Ltd [1993] QB 507; [1993] 2 WLR 507; [1993] 1 All ER 609, CA

Austin v Comr of Police of the Metropolis [2005] EWHC 480 (QB); [2005] HRLR 647, QBD

Barratt Homes Ltd v Dŵr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) (No 2) [2013] EWCA Civ 233; [2013] 1 WLR 3486; 147 ConLR 1; [2013] Env LR 30; [2013] WLR (D) 131; [2013] NLJR 18, CA

Dymond v Pearce [1972] 1 QB 496; [1972] 2 WLR 633; [1972] 1 All ER 1142; [1972] RTR 169, CA

Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1977] QB 729; [1977] 2 WLR 310; [1977] 1 All ER 696, CA

Hubbard v Pitt [1976] QB 142; [1975] 3 WLR 201; [1975] ICR 308; [1975] 3 All ER 1, CA

In re Corby Group Litigation [2008] EWCA Civ 463; [2009] QB 335; [2009] 2 WLR 609; [2009] 4 All ER 44, CA

Jalla v Shell International Trading and Shipping Co Ltd [2023] UKSC 16; [2024] AC 595; [2023] 2 WLR 1085; [2023] 3 All ER 701, SC(E)

Lippiatt v South Gloucestershire Council [2000] QB 51; [1999] 3 WLR 137; [1999] 4 All ER 149; [1999] LGR 562, CA

Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [2019] EWHC 1495 (Ch), Ch D

Panamanian Oriental Steamship Corpn v Wright (The Anita) [1971] 1 WLR 882; [1971] 2 All ER 1028; [1971] 1 Lloyd's Rep 487, CA

Peter Victor Lyford v Rose Violet Skinner [2021] EWHC 3783 (QB), QBD

Rigby v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire [1985] 1 WLR 1242; [1985] 2 All ER 985, QBD

SCM (United Kingdom) Ltd v W J Whittall & Son Ltd [1970] 1 WLR 1017; [1970] 2 All ER 417; 8 KIR 1073, QBD

Cases citing: Southport Corpn v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1956] AC 218; [1956] 2 WLR 81; [1955] 3 All ER 864, HL(E)

Austin v Comr of Police of the Metropolis [2005] EWHC 480 (QB); [2005] HRLR 647, QBD

Barclays Bank Plc v Fairclough Building Ltd [1995] QB 214; [1994] 3 WLR 1057; [1995] 1 All ER 289, CA

Colvilles Ltd v Devine [1969] 1 WLR 475; 6 KIR 333, HL(Sc)

Gillingham Borough Council v Medway (Chatham) Dock Co Ltd [1993] QB 343; [1992] 3 WLR 449; [1992] 3 All ER 923; 91 LGR 160; 91 LGR 160; [1992] 1 PLR 113; (1992) 63 P & CR 205; [1993] Env LR 98; The Times, 10 October 1991; The Independent, 20 September 1991, QBD

HSS Hire Services Group plc v BMB Builders Merchants Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 626; [2005] 1 WLR 3158; [2005] 3 All ER 486, CA

Henderson v Henry E Jenkins & Sons [1970] AC 282; [1969] 3 WLR 732; [1969] 3 All ER 756; [1969] 2 Lloyd's Rep 603; [1970] RTR 70, HL(E)

Henderson v Henry E Jenkins & Sons [1969] 2 QB 188; [1969] 2 WLR 147; [1969] 1 All ER 401, CA

Hoecheong Products Co Ltd v Cargill Hong Kong Ltd [1995] 1 WLR 404; [1995] 1 Lloyd's Rep 584, PC

Home Brewery Co Ltd v William Davis & Co (Leicester) Ltd [1987] QB 339; [1987] 2 WLR 117; [1987] 1 All ER 637, QBD

Manchester Corpn v Connolly [1970] Ch 420; [1970] 2 WLR 746; [1970] 1 All ER 961; 68 LGR 379, CA

Olympic Delivery Authority v Persons Unknown [2012] EWHC 1012 (Ch), Ch D

R v Thacker [2021] EWCA Crim 97; [2021] QB 644; [2021] 2 WLR 1087; [2021] 4 All ER 1199; [2021] 1 Cr App R 21; [2021] WLR(D) 69, CA

Southwark London Borough Council v Williams [1971] Ch 734; [1971] 2 WLR 467; [1971] 2 All ER 175; 69 LGR 145, CA

WX Investments Ltd v Begg (Fraser, Part 20 defendant) [2002] EWHC 925 (Ch); [2002] 1 WLR 2849, Ch D