The "Pontianak Caraka Jaya Niaga III-34"
Jurisdiction | Singapore |
Judge | Judith Prakash J |
Judgment Date | 29 August 2012 |
Neutral Citation | [2012] SGHC 176 |
Docket Number | Admiralty in Rem No 181 of 2009 (SUM 698/2011) |
Year | 2012 |
Published date | 05 October 2012 |
Citation | [2012] SGHC 176 |
Plaintiff Counsel | Leong Kah Wah and Dedi Affandi (Rajah & Tann LLP) |
Defendant Counsel | Prem Gurbani and Tan Hui Tsing (Gurbani & Co),Leonard Chia (Asia Ascent Law Corporation) |
Subject Matter | Admiralty and shipping,sheriff's expenses |
Court | High Court (Singapore) |
The vessel
This action and Adm 175 thereafter took a similar course. In September 2009, PT Djakarta Lloyd (Persero) (“DJL”) intervened in both actions and thereafter applied to have the arrests set aside. These applications were heard together as the same issues were involved and were initially successful. Eventually, upon appeal and upon further arguments being made to the High Court judge who heard the appeal, DJL’s applications were dismissed. The arrests of the Vessel and
The summons before me was filed in February 2011 by Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd (“Megastar”) which had, prior to the arrest of the Vessel, acted as the Vessel’s agent in Singapore pursuant to an agency agreement dated 28 October 2008 between DJL and itself. Under the same agreement, Megastar had also provided agency services to
Subsequently, I heard Megastar’s application in respect...
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...context of a jurisdictional challenge. The Makassar Caraka Jaya Niaga III-39 [2012] SGHC 175 and The Pontianak Caraka Jaya Niaga III-34 [2012] SGHC 176 2.16 These were two High Court decisions handed down in 2012 which arose out of the similar facts and considered the same issues, save that......