AGLC4 Rule 2.1.12: Admiralty Cases

In an admiralty action in rem, brought against the ship, the case name is the ship's name. In an action in personam between private parties, cite the parties' names, and the ship's name may be added afterwards as a short title. The word The in a ship's name is kept.

AGLC4 page 45

Formatting

  • For an in rem action the case name is the ship's name alone, italic, with its leading The kept.
  • A decision number follows inside the italic name in square brackets.
  • For an in personam action the parties are named in the usual way, separated by v.
  • The ship's name may follow the report citation as a short title, after one space, in round brackets and curly single quotes, with the name italic and the brackets and quotes roman.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 45
  1. 33
    The Maria Luisa [No 2] (2003) 130 FCR 12. [Not: Kent v Vessel ‘Maria Luisa’ [No 2] …]
  2. 34
    Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd [2003] QB 679 (‘The Great Peace’).

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 45
  • [Not: Kent v Vessel ‘Maria Luisa’ [No 2] …]
    an in rem action is given a party style name instead of the ship's name

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.