Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 23 July 1998.
1. On 30th June 1998, this Court handed down its judgment upon an application by summons dated 2nd April 1998 taken out in each of the title actions by the Owners of the lighter "Tat Yau 8". As that judgment makes clear, there were two fundamental lines of argument during that application. First, whether the arrest of the vessel, the "Tat Yau 8", should be set aside for material non-disclosure, and second (and it was here that the interesting and contentious parts of the argument really flowered