South Africa Case Law

Brady-Hamilton Stevedoring Company and Others v Motor Vessel "Kalantiao" and Others (29/89)

Brady-Hamilton Stevedoring Company and Others v Motor Vessel "Kalantiao" and Others (29/89) [1989] ZASCA 29 (29 March 1989)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

29/89

Judges

CORBETT, HOEXTER, E M GROSSKOPF, MILNE, NICHOLAS

The court held that South African law did not recognize foreign maritime liens for stevedoring claims arising in the United States, so the vessel arrest was set aside.

• Maritime Lien
• Admiralty Jurisdiction
• Foreign Law Recognition
• Admiralty-law
• Maritime-liens
• Vessel-arrest