Browne v Partridge - [1992] 1 NZLR 220

Shipping and navigation — Negligent navigation — Failure to wear navigation lights at night — Master charged with negligent navigation — Master charged officer in charge of the watch with negligent navigation under Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 — Master failed to satisfy exculpatory criteria in s 290(3)(a) and (b) of Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 — Master convicted — Whether officer in charge of watch could also be convicted — Meaning of "likely to be dangerous to the public" — Shipping and Seamen Act 1952, s 290(1), (2) and (3).