22 May 2017
MORPOL S.A AND OTHERS v. BLUE ANCHOR LINE AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- MORPOL S.A AND OTHERS v. BLUE ANCHOR LINE AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAJ150/2014
The action was transferred because the pleaded case is a contractual carriage/bailment claim which falls within the District Court's statutory jurisdiction (s32 Cap 336) and is below the monetary limit; s12A does not make High Court jurisdiction exclusive; bailment claims can be characterised as contract and/or tort depending on facts; s12B(1) does not confer an absolute right to insist on High Court determination; and the issues were not of sufficient importance or complexity to justify retention under s43(3).