Lindsey Keeble
Ship Scrapping: who owes a duty of care?
INTRODUCTION
On Monday 13 July 2020, the UK High Court refused to strike out a claim for negligence brought by Hamida Begum (the Claimant) against Maran (UK) Limited (the Defendant) in relation to the death of her husband Mohammed Khalil Mollah (the Deceased)¹, which occurred while he was working on the demolition of an oil tanker.
In finding that Maran arguably owed a duty of care to the Deceased, the Court considered a number of related...
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