CENTRO LATINO AMERICANO DE COMMERCIO EXTERIOR S.A. v. OWNERS OF THE SHIP “KOMMUNAR” (THE “KOMMUNAR”) (NO. 3)

[1997] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 22

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Colman

Practice - Costs - Non-party - Defendants alleged plaintiffs’ parent company controlled conduct of action and therefore financed proceedings - Whether parent company should be made jointly and severally liable for costs. Admiralty practice - Action in rem - Arrest - Allegations of wrongful arrest of vessel - Whether defendants could establish mala fides or crassa negligentia - Whether defendants entitled to damages for wrongful arrest - Whether defendants’ recoverable costs should be reduced by costs of bunkers consumed in refrigerating cargo.