Wake-Walker v SS Colin W Ltd | |
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![]() HMS Dragon, the ship commanded by Captain Wake-Walker in the collision | |
Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Full case name | Captain W. F. Wake-Walker O.B.E. R.N. v Steamer Colin W. Limited and others |
Decided | April 15, 1937 |
Citations | [1937] UKPC 49, [1937] 2 DLR 753 (PC), [1937] 58 Ll L Rep. 11 |
Case history | |
Prior actions | Wake-Walker v. Steamer Colin W. Ltd., [1936] SCR 624[1] |
Appealed from | Supreme Court of Canada![]() |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Viscount Sankey Lord Blanesburgh Lord Merrivale Lord Atkin Lord Macmillan Nautical Assessors: Captain Mackay Captain W.R. Chaplin |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Viscount Sankey |
Keywords | |
Admiralty law; inevitable accident |
Wake-Walker v SS Colin W Ltd is a Canadian admiralty law case concerning the issue of inevitable accident. The case was decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in an appeal affirming a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada.