"[I]t can be exercised that jurisdiction either by action in rem or by action in personam. Given the jurisdiction, the question whether the action is to be in rem or...
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"Sub-section (3) exempts a cause of action within the Admiralty jurisdiction which is enforceable in rem from the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act. And as...
"By section 1(1)(p) of the said Act, the admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court includes jurisdiction to hear and determine any claim by a shipper, charterer or agent in respect...
"We consider that the mere fact that the defendant/appellant failed to deliver to the plaintiff the goods which they had undertaken to transport to Port Harcourt is prima facie evidence...
"In bailment, therefore, the onus of proof is always on the bailee to show that the loss of or damage to the goods entrusted to him occurred without negligence or...
"When, therefore, the appellant abandoned its claim on breach of contract and stated it was relying on its claim in negligence as pleaded in paragraph 14 of the amended Statement...
"It will be startling, if not absurd, that the law will, without more, allow an agent of a principal to arrogate to himself more claim of right to the goods...
"Property in the goods passes not by the mere assignment and delivery of the bill of lading but by the contract between the assignor and the assignee, or otherwise between...
"One of the three vital functions of a bill of lading is that it is a document of title to the goods specified in it in the sense that where...
"From the totality of the foregoing, particularly, from the admission of the Captain of the vessel himself and the exposition of Turkish Law, it becomes abundantly clear the Koray A....
"Section 10 of our act presupposes the existence of a pending action that is ordered to be stayed or dismissed. Section 26 of the U.K. Act goes further than this......
"A claim presupposes a cause of action. What is plaintiff's cause of action in the present proceedings? Is security for damages, interest and/or costs that may be awarded in a...