Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

2006: Conference Proceedings
Articles

Comparative Maritime Law Procedures and Changes to Admiralty Law: A New Zealand Perspective

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  • The Hon Justice Hugh Williams

Published 2006-09-27

Keywords

  • Admiralty jurisdiction,
  • ship arrest,
  • Admiralty Rules (NZ),
  • New Zealand High Court Rules,
  • warrant of arrest,
  • court procedure,
  • civil procedure,
  • Admiralty registrar,
  • ship arrest, sale and preservation fees and expenses,
  • undertaking,
  • security,
  • action in rem,
  • anti-suit injunction,
  • private international law,
  • anti-anti-suit injunction
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Abstract

In this paper, Justice Williams discusses the New Zealand Admiralty Rules and changes to them since 1998, ship arrest practice in New Zealand, proposals for admiralty reform in New Zealand, anti-suit injunctions, the specialisation of Federal Court judges in admiralty law, proposed changes to the Federal Court rules in the admiralty area, and judicial education in New Zealand.

His Honour also provides, as an appendix, a description of which aspects of the New Zealand Admiralty Rules are not reflected in the Australian Admiralty Rules.

This paper acts as a companion piece to Justice Brian Tamberlin's paper 'Maritime Law Procedures and Federal Court Initiatives'.

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