Steedman v Scofield

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1992
Date1992
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Admiralty)
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15 cases
  • The Environment Agency v Mr Christopher Gibbs and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 15 April 2016
    ...to be used in navigation … upon the seas or other waters", which a flying-boat was not (pp.160 and 161); Sheen J.'s observation in Steedman v Schofield [1992] 2 L.R. 163 that a vessel was a "hollow receptacle for carrying goods and people", capable of "being used as a means of transportatio......
  • See Toh Siew Kee v Ho Ah Lam Ferrocement (Pte) Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 23 April 2012
    ...Cement Ltdv Rodney John Cooper (an infant by his next friend Peter Alphonsus Cooper) [1974] AC 623 (refd) Steedman v Scofield [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep 163 (folld) Von Rocks, The [1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep 198 (folld) Wheat v ELacon & Co Ltd [1966] AC 552 (folld) Application of English Law Act (Cap 7 ......
  • Re The "Von Rocks"
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 22 January 1998
    ...Association [1926]26 Lloyd's Reports 201. Mr Mcgovern also cited an observation by sheen J in Steedman v. Schofield & Anor [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 163, that the Phrase "used in navigation" "conveys the concept of transporting persons or property by water to an intended destination." He said t......
  • Clark (Inspector of Taxes) v Perks (No 2); MacLeod (Inspector of Taxes) v Same; Guild (Inspector of Taxes) v Newrick and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 19 April 2000
    ...26 Lloyd's Rep 201) a floating crane ws not a ship for insurance purposes. The issue was also considered in Steedman v SchofieldUNK ((1992) 2 Lloyd's Rep 163. Finally, in Addison v Denholm Ship Management (UK) LtdICR ((1997) ICR 770) the Employment Appeal Tribunal, having considered Polpen ......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Determining A Comprehensive Test for Defining a Ship
    • United Kingdom
    • Southampton Student Law Review No. 13-1, January 2023
    • 1 January 2023
    ...52 Polpen Shipping Company Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd [1942] 74 Lloyd’s Rep 157, 160, 161. 53 Steedman v Scofield [1992] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 163, 166; R v Goodwin [2006] 2 All ER 519. 54 Steedman v Scofield [1992] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 163; See also R v Goodwin, [2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep 432......
  • Finding the 'Ship': Guardian Offshore AU PTY LTD V SAAB Seaeye Leopard 1702 Remotely Operated Vehicle [2020] FCA 273
    • Australia
    • Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal No. 34-1, June 2020
    • 1 June 2020
    ...or in the water’.51This formulation is difficult to transpose onto the Act which restrains a ‘ship’ to vessels used in navigation. 30[1992] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 163. 31Michael White, Australian Maritime Law (Federation Press, 3rd ed, 2014) 94; Cremean (above n 7) 35; The Global Peace (2006) 154 FC......
  • A Jetski: Vessel, Boat or Ship?
    • Australia
    • Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal No. 20, June 2006
    • 1 June 2006
    ...as a ship. 9 Ibid, 440. 10 The “Von Rocks” [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 198, 200, 206. 11 Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (UK) s313(1)(c). 12 [1992] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 163. 13 [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 198. This case concerned a backhoe dredge that was damaged when it capsized while being towed. The plaintiffs ar......

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