The Halcyon Isle resurrected – the law applicable to maritime liens

In a case involving “an important issue for the operation of maritime law in this country” a 5 member bench of the Federal Court has overruled an adventurous decision by a single judge to re-determine a long-contentious issue about the law applicable to maritime liens: Ship “Sam Hawk” v Reiter Petroleum Inc [2016] FCAFC 26. Maritime […]