Readhead, Phillip & Ors v Admiralty Marshall, Western Australia District Registry & Ors [1998] FCA 1173

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

ADMIRALTY – whether a sale by the Marshal pursuant to an order of a Court of Admiralty made within jurisdiction in an action in rem confers title free of all defects including statutory rights of detention – rights of detention and possible detention under Fisheries Management Act 1991 – whether power of Court of Admiralty to order sale thereby suspended or deferred – effect of order in action in rem – distinction between power to detain a ship in relation to a civil claim and penal power of detention Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth), ss 84(1), (1A), 100, 106 Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth), ss 8, 36 Fisheries Act 1952 (Cth), s 13AA Fisheries Act 1968 (Vic)

French Prohibition Act

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