CDE SA v Sure Wind Marine Ltd (The “SB Seaguard” and The “Odyssée”) – QBD (Admlty Ct) (Jervis Kay QC, Admiralty Registrar) – 14 April 2015

Admiralty practice – Claim form – Collision between claimant’s vessel and defendant’s vessel – Negotiations between parties – Claim subject to two-year limitation period – Whether claimant’s application for extension of time should be granted

On 17 April 2011 the defendant’s vessel SB Seaguard collided with the claimant’s catamaran yacht Odyssée in Ramsgate Harbour. Between March 2012 and October 2013 negotiations took place between an insurance claims handler on behalf of the claimant and the defendant’s P&I Club.