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Cruise Slips: Dawkins v Carnival Plc t/a P&O Cruises [2011] EWCA CIV 1237 - Howard Stevens, 3 Hare Court

12/12/11. The claimant appealed against the judgment of a Recorder, dismissing her claim for damages for personal injury. The claimant was a passenger on board a cruise ship operated by the defendant sailing in international waters. As she was walking through the ship’s restaurant she slipped on some liquid (probably water) and fell, injuring her knees and wrists.

The claimant’s carriage on board the ship was governed by the Athens Convention 1974 [100].  This has the force of law in the UK under s.183 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.  As such the claimant needed to establish not that the defendant was negligent, but the incident which caused her damage occurred...

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