Rebecca Coles v David Perfect - Augustus Ullstein QC, Thirty Nine Essex Street
07/03/14. On the 11th May 2008, when she was 14 years of age, Rebecca Coles was being towed on an inflatable ring by a speedboat owned and driven by Mr. Perfect on the river Orwell in Suffolk. Mr. Perfect failed to see a sailing boat in front of him and swerved to avoid a collision. That manoeuvre caused the ring to swing around and hit the side of the sailing boat. Rebecca struck her head on the boat and suffered a head injury.
The incident was properly classified as a marine accident. It was, therefore, governed by the provisions of Schedule 7 of the Marine Shipping Act 1995. Under that Act the Defendant and his insurers were entitled to limit their liability to a sum of approximately £1.439 million. Mr. Perfect’s insurers had paid just over £33,000 to another girl who had been...
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