THONG SOON MARITIME PTE LTD. v JUTHA MARITIME PLCand all other persons claiming or being entitled to claim damages by reason of or arising out of the collision between the ship "EQUATOR CRYSTAL" and the ship "JUTHA SUPHANNIKA" which occurred in the Taiwan Strait on 24th March 1997

Read the full judgment text of HCAJ 000288/1997 on BabelCite. This HCAJ judgment was delivered on 26 October 1998.

1. By Summons dated 5th August 1998, the Plaintiff pursuant to Order 75 Rule 38 of the Rules of the High Court, seeks a decree limiting the liability of the Plaintiff arising out of a collision by the Plaintiff's ship 'EQUATOR CRYSTAL" with the Defendants' vessel "JUTHA SUPHANNIKA". The Summons was returnable before Waung, J. on 8th October 1998. When this hearing in Chambers commenced on the 8th of October 1998, I raised with Mr. Kerr for the Plaintiff the matter of whether the Summons brought