Admiralty & Maritime NPA
About this NPA
The Admiralty and Maritime NPA incorporates proceedings that relate to admiralty or maritime disputes including:
- in rem proceedings
- in personam proceedings
- marine insurance
- cargo claims
- other matters including matters relating to the Navigation Act 2012 (Cth) and the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 (Cth).
The Oar Mace of Admiralty
Latest Judgments
Recent Judgments - Federal Court
- 21 Sep 2017:
Delaware North Marine Experience Pty Ltd v The Ship "Eye-Spy" (No 2) [2017] FCA 1120
COSTS - where plaintiff enjoyed substantial success - whether plaintiff entitled to indemnity costs due to offers of compromise rejected by defendants - whether defendants entitled to costs in relation to interlocutory proceedings on which they were partially successful
Judge: McKerracher J - 21 Sep 2017:
Ozmen Entertainment Pty Ltd v Neptune Hospitality Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1124
ADMIRALTY - joint venture to operate hospitality business aboard vessel - agreement to charter and license vessel PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - interlocutory application for order to appoint receiver and manager to take control of vessel and business operated on-board - whether there is a serious question to be tried - balance of convenience - whether…
Judge: Burley J - 23 Jun 2017:
Delaware North Marine Experience Pty Ltd v The Ship "Eye-Spy" [2017] FCA 708
ADMIRALTY- bareboat charter - whether charter breached due to failure to exercise due diligence to make vessel seaworthy - whether damage to vessel a result of a latent defect - whether the plaintiff's crew took delivery of the crew "as is, where is" - whether damage to vessel caused by the negligence of the plaintiff's crew - whether plaintiff…
Judge: McKerracher J
Case Law
Latest Papers & Publications
- 25 Jul 2017: All presentations from the Admiralty Seminar 2017 (mp3 - 55mb)
Held 25 July 2017 - 1h 26m - 25 Jul 2017: Sales pendente lite and direct sales (pdf - 438kb)
Presented to the Admiralty Seminar 2017, by Professor Sarah Derrington - 25 Jul 2017: Practical aspects of a judicial sale
Presented to the National Admiralty Seminar 2017, by Tony Tesoriero - 25 Jul 2017: Proposal of the Comite Maritime International (CMI) for possible work on cross-border issues related to the judicial sale of ships (pdf, 370 kb)
Presented to the Admiralty Seminar 2017, by Stuart Hetherington
Form & Rules
The key forms and rules for commencing these proceedings are:
Actions in rem
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Actions in personam
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Arresting a Vessel
Generally applications for arrest of a vessel are urgent and made to the Duty Registrar in the relevant registry.
Admiralty Marshals are available to arrest a vessel anywhere in Australia at any time on any day of the year.
Legislation
- Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth)
- Admiralty Rules 1988 (Cth)
The admiralty and maritime work of the Court is not limited to proceedings under the Admiralty Act and Admiralty Rules, see also:
More LegislationResearch Links
- Arbitration
- International maritime and trade related organisations
- Maritime law associations
- Maritime security
- News and research
- Organisations - Australia
- Organisations - International
- Ports, port authorities and related government bodies - Australia
- Universities, maritime law centres, education and training
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