Mooney v MS Magdalene Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH [2014] NSWSC 1277

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Mooney v MS Magdalene Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH [2014] NSWSC 1277 Hearing dates: 5 September 2014 Decision date: 05 September 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Admiralty List Before: Rein J Decision: Application for separate determination of specified questions refused. First and third defendants to pay the plaintiff's costs of the application. Catchwords: EQUITY - Admiralty - Application by the first and third defendants for separate determination of questions - Claims in negligence, nuisance and breach of statutory duty against owner and master - Master (second defendant) not yet served - Claims under provisions of the Marine Pollution Act and International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution on which there have been no previous cases - Limitation issue and an issue of inconsistency under s 109 of the Commonwealth Constitution Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Hague Convention International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Marine Pollution Act 1987 (NSW) Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Crawley v Vero Insurance [2012] NSWSC 593 Integral Home Loans Pty Ltd v Interstar Wholesale Finance Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1464 Ramsay v Schiller [2012] NSWSC 596 Southwell v Bennett [2010] NSWSC 1372 Street v Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 588 Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board [2001] HCA 19; (2001) 206 CLR 1 Wardley v Western Australia [1992] HCA 55; (1992) 175 CLR 514 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Peter Mooney (Plaintiff) MS Magdalene Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH (First Defendant) Volodymyr Vazhnenko (Second Defendant) North England Protection & Indemnity Association Limited (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Herzfeld (Plaintiff) G Nell SC (First and Third Defendants) Solicitors: Hicksons Lawyers (Plaintiff) Aus Ship Lawyers (First and Third Defendants) File Number(s): 2014/11598