STOLT KESTREL BV v SENER PETROL DENIZCILIK TICARET AS (THE "STOLT KESTREL" AND THE "NIYAZI S") CDE SA v SURE WIND MARINE LTD (THE "SB SEAGUARD" AND THE "ODYSSÉE")

[2015] Lloyd's Rep Plus 82

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Sir Brian Leveson, President of the Queen’s Bench Division, Lord Justice Tomlinson and Lord Justice Christopher Clarke

Admiralty practice - Claim form - Claimant bringing timeous action in rem following collision between claimant's vessel and defendant's vessel - Whether extension of time required for bringing separate in personam proceedings - Whether in personam claim form time-barred - Nature of discretion to extend time for bringing proceedings in personam - Whether court had power to order alternative service of in rem claim form out of jurisdiction - Merchant Shipping Act 1995, sections 190(3), 190(5) and 190(6) - CPR 7.6(3), CPR PD 61, para 3.67.