MICHAEL v MUSGRAVE (TRADING AS YNYS RIBS) (THE “SEA EAGLE”)

[2012] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 37

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Jervis Kay QC, Admiralty Registrar

Carriage of passengers by sea — Time bar — Claimant sustaining personal injury whilst being carried as a passenger on rigid inflatable boat in Menai Strait — Whether RIB was a “ship” — Whether RIB was “seagoing” — Whether claim subject to two-year limitation period — Athens Convention 1974, article 16.