Transfield ER Futures Limited v The Ship 'Giovanna Iuliano' [2012] FCA 548

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Transfield ER Futures Limited v The Ship 'Giovanna Iuliano' [2012] FCA 548 Citation: Transfield ER Futures Limited v The Ship 'Giovanna Iuliano' [2012] FCA 548

Parties: TRANSFIELD ER FUTURES LIMITED v THE SHIP 'GIOVANNA IULIANO'

File number: VID 371 of 2012

Judge: GORDON J

Date of judgment: 28 May 2012

Catchwords: ADMIRALTY – maritime jurisdiction – general maritime claim – arrest of ship – forward freight agreements – judgment given against owner in foreign court – right to proceed in rem on owner's liability – whether sufficient connection to carriage of goods by ship – writ and arrest warrant set aside – Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth), ss 4(3)(f), 14, 17

Legislation: Administration of Justice Act 1956 (UK) Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1981 (UK)

Cases cited: Gatoil International, Inc v Arkwright-Boston Manufacturers Mutual Assistance Co [1985] AC 255 Heilbrunn v Lightwood plc (2007) 164 FCR 1 Hewlett Packard Australia Pty Limited v G E Capital Finance Pty Limited (2003) 135 FCR 206 In re Britannia Bulk Holdings, Inc 665 FSupp2d 404 (SD NY 2009) Lomas v JFB Firth Rixson, Inc [2012] EWCA Civ 419 Nautilus Australia Ltd v The Ship 'Rossel Current' [1999] QSC 39 Opal Maritime Agencies Pty Ltd v The Proceeds of Sale of the Vessel MV 'Skulptor Konenkov' (2000) 98 FCR 519 Owners of MV 'Iran Amanat' v KMP Coastal Oil Pte Ltd (1999) 196 CLR 130 Samick Lines Co Ltd v Owners of the 'Antonis P Lemos' [1985] AC 711 Sims and Singleton (as liquidators of Enron Australia Pty Ltd) v TXU (2005) 53 ACSR 295; [2005] NSWCA 12 The 'Eschersheim' [1976] 1 WLR 430 The Owners of the Ship 'Shin Kobe Maru' v Empire Shipping Company, Inc (1994) 181 CLR 404