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Reef Shipping Co Ltd v. The Ship Fua Kavenga

New Zealand.  13 August 1987 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Foreign government — Hire of vessel — Commercial purposes — Whether immune from suit — Doctrine of restrictive sovereign immunity — Admiralty jurisdiction — Government-owned ship

Jurisdiction — Admiralty jurisdiction — Convention Relating to the Arrest of Seagoing Ships, 1952 — Effect of “sister ship” jurisdiction — Ship owned by Tongan Government — Arrest of ship in New Zealand — Action in rem — Claim in respect of another ship — Question of possession and control — Jurisdiction under the Admiralty Act 1973 — Plea of sovereign immunity by the Government of Tonga — The law of New Zealand

Keywords

State immunityJurisdiction
Type
Case Report
Information
International Law Reports , Volume 90 , 1992 , pp. 556 - 567
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1992

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