Cruise Claims: What’s Been Happening and Where are we Going? - Sarah Prager, 1 Chancery Lane
16/02/12. In the last year the courts have heard a number of interesting claims arising out of cruise holidays. In the years to come, practitioners will no doubt have cause to consider the issues arising out of the recent wreck of the Costa Concordia. In this article Sarah Prager gives an overview of two cases from last year and considers what is likely to come.
Williams v Fred Olsen
On 15th July 2011 the Admiralty Division gave judgment in the case of Williams & others v Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Ltd, 15th July 2011. In that case the operation of the maxim res ipsa loquitur fell to be considered in the context of a collapsing gangplank which almost had fatal results.
The Claimants were passengers on the Defendant’s cruise ship. They were boarding the ship after an excursion in Bilbao, when the vessel suddenly moved away from the quayside, causing the First and Second Claimants, a crew member and the accommodation ladder to fall into the water. The Master of the vessel gave evidence that...
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