JUDGMENTS

[Tort of negligence – barges drifting away from mooring point resulting in allision against piles at pier – barges being moored at a mangrove riverbank affected by wind squalls – whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies – the role of an expert witness and the limits to using expert evidence – whether the mooring arrangement at the mooring point was adequate – whether the barges had a proper mooring configuration in place – whether the extraction operation carried out to retrieve the barges amounted to a novus actus interveniens which severed the chain of causation – whether it is necessary to apportion liability – what is the quantum of damages recoverable]