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Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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VIRTU FAST FERRIES LTD v THE SHIP "CAPE LEVEQUE"

[2015] Lloyd's Rep Plus 51

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Before Alsop CJ, Mansfield J and McKerracher J

Admiralty - Jurisdiction - Surrogate ship - Plaintiff bringing arbitration proceedings against shipbuilder alleging defects in construction of plaintiff's vessel - Plaintiff filing action in rem against surrogate ship - Plaintiff's ship under construction and not yet launched when causes of action arose - Whether plaintiff entitled to arrest surrogate ship - Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth), section 19(a).

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