Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

2015: Conference Proceedings
Addresses

Frank Stewart Dethridge Memorial Address 2015: Charting Our Own Courses - The Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore Journeys in Maritime Law

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  • The Hon Justice Steven Chong

Published 2015-09-16

Keywords

  • Admiralty jurisdiction,
  • High Court of Admiralty,
  • maritime history,
  • Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 (UK),
  • ship arrest,
  • surrogate ship arrest,
  • Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Ordinance 1961 (Singapore),
  • Admiralty Act 1973 (NZ),
  • Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth),
  • Administration of Justice Act 1956 (UK),
  • sister ship,
  • action in rem,
  • action in personam,
  • Arrest Convention 1952,
  • maritime claim,
  • security,
  • P&I Club,
  • letter of undertaking,
  • wrongful arrest,
  • release of vessel,
  • damages for wrongful arrest,
  • demise charterparty,
  • charter termination,
  • vessel redelivery
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Abstract

Justice Chong begins this addess with a recount of his personal experience with shipping law and the Singapore Navy. The bulk of the address is dedicated to a discussion of the ways in which Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore - drawing from their common English heritage - have nonetheless proceeded to diverge in ways both great and small from the position in England to forge their own paths and, in so doing, contributed to the great enterprise of maritime law. Justice Chong focuses on the historical development of Admiralty jurisdiction in these three nations which can be traced back to the High Court of Admiralty in England.

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