Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
US Shipping Limited v Leisure Freight & Import Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2015] FCA 347 Citation: US Shipping Limited v Leisure Freight & Import Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2015] FCA 347
Parties: US SHIPPING LIMITED v LEISURE FREIGHT & IMPORT PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) (ACN 142 865 307) and SCOTT MURPHY
File number(s): QUD 272 of 2014
Judge(s): GREENWOOD J
Date of judgment: 16 April 2015
Catchwords: ADMIRALTY – consideration of an application for declarations and other relief in relation to the question of whether the applicant is entitled to assert a contractual lien over particular cargo for payment of freight and other charges in connection with the sea carriage of particular goods to Australia from the United States
Legislation: Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth), s 4(3)(f), s 9(1)(a)
Date of hearing: 6 November 2014
Date of last submissions: 18 November 2014
Place: Brisbane
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 43
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr Gary Coveney
Solicitor for the Applicant: HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Counsel for the Respondents: Mr Gerard Forde
Solicitor for the Respondents: Carrolls Law Practice
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION QUD 272 of 2014
BETWEEN: US SHIPPING LIMITED
Applicant
AND: LEISURE FREIGHT & IMPORT PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) (ACN 142 865 307)
First Respondent
SCOTT MURPHY
Second Respondent
JUDGE: GREENWOOD J DATE OF ORDER: 16 APRIL 2015 WHERE MADE: BRISBANE
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
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