South Africa Case Law

Weissglass NO v Savonnerie Establishment (288/90)

Weissglass NO v Savonnerie Establishment (288/90) [1992] ZASCA 95; 1992 (3) SA 928 (AD); [1992] 2 All SA 275 (A) (29 May 1992)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

288/90

Judges

Corbett, E M Grosskopf, Nestadt, Van Den Heever, Howie

The court held that Savonnerie’s payments did not create maritime claims and set aside the attachment of two fishing vessels used to found jurisdiction.

• Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act
• Attachment To Found Jurisdiction
• Maritime Claim Definition
• Necessaries Supplied To Ship
• Admiralty-jurisdiction
• Attachment-to-found-jurisdiction