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

[2016] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 395

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.