1987: Conference Proceedings
Recent Developments

Admiralty Practice After Crawford Papers: Part III - The Shipowner & Protection & Indemnity Perspective

Published 1987-10-26

Keywords

  • Admiralty jurisdiction,
  • Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth),
  • action in rem,
  • proprietary maritime claim,
  • ship mortgage,
  • maritime claim,
  • marine pollution,
  • salvage,
  • general average,
  • towage,
  • pilotage,
  • port and harbour charges,
  • disbursements,
  • crew wages,
  • arbitration,
  • Convention on the Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958,
  • demise charterparty,
  • security
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Abstract

This part of the papers deals with the types of maritime claims not addressed in Part II, which are of greater interest to an owner and his insurer than to a non-owning plaintiff. In this part, Hurst also compares the proposed jurisdiction to that under the pre-existing regime.