LD COMMODITIES RICE MERCHANDISING LLC AND ANOTHER v THE OWNERS AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERERS OF THE VESSEL "STYLIANI Z"

[2016] Lloyd's Rep Plus 7

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr Justice Teare

Admiralty practice - Cargo claim - Claimants' solicitor intending to issue in rem claim form but mistakenly using form for in personam claim - Claimants failing to serve claim form within four-month period - Claimants amending claim form to read as if it were an in rem claim - Whether claim time-barred - Whether claimants entitled to order remedying "error of procedure" - CPR 3.10.