May 262 minAdmiraltyFrom Ship to Scrap: When does Admiralty Jurisdiction end?Does Admiralty jurisdiction extend to a vessel that has been beached? In The Kelsie [2024], the charterers were looking to arrest the...
Sep 8, 20191 minShip arrestChange in ownership after summons had been issued, precludes ship arrest?When Hanjin Shipping collapsed in 2016, the creditors, foreseeing sale of Hanjin fleet, scrambled to have writs of ship arrest issued in...
Dec 16, 20181 minMaritime lienUnreasonable delay in exercising maritime lien can extinguish itIn the present age we don’t often see owners relying on the ‘doctrine of laches’ to defeat a maritime lien primarily because the...
Oct 28, 20181 minAdmiraltyAn offshore supply vessel using a towfish - is a towing vessel? (Tesla's involved too!)Every now and then courts have had to decide whether a particular water craft is a ‘ship’/vessel under the relevant maritime statute....