CORPS AND CORPS (TRADING AS CORPS BROS.) v. THE "QUEEN OF THE SOUTH" (OWNERS); PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY (INTERVENERS)

[1968] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 182

ADMIRALTY DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice Brandon

Admiralty practice - Action in rem - Claim by watermen for services rendered (mooring, unmooring and carriage of crew) to ship - Whether services were necessaries or within Administration of Justice Act, 1956, Sect. 1 (1) (h) (m) and (p). - Intervention by port authority claiming for port rates due - Whether statutory right of seizure exercisable by port authority while vessel under arrest - Form of order - Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, Sect. 75.