Read the full judgment text of CACV 97/2012 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 April 2013.
1. This is an appeal from a judgment of Reyes J dated 4 May 2012. The issue in this appeal is whether the Admiralty jurisdiction in rem of the High Court has been properly invoked by the plaintiffs (Chimbusco) against the vessel “DECURION” in respect of claims for the supply of bunkers to that and 10 other vessels. Subject to a preliminary question of whether it is open to the defendants (Maruba SCA) to challenge jurisdiction, the appeal involves, as a matter of law, an examination of the circu
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