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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 (AT SUVA)
\par ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 ACTION NO. HBG 009 OF 2001S
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Between:
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 JEYANG INTERNATIONAL COMPANY
\par LIMITED & OTHERS
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Plaintiffs
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 and
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 THE OWNERS OF THE MOTOR VESSEL \'93KAO YA NO. 1\'94
\par AND \'93KAO YA NO. 137\'94
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Defendants
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\par V. Kapadia for the First Plaintiff
\par Fa for the Land Bank of Taiwan, Intervening
\par K. R. Bulewa for Yan Chi Chien, Intervening
\par K. Keteca for the Attorney-General
\par 
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\par The two vessels \'93KAO YA NO. 1\'94 and \'93KAO YA NO. 137\'94 were arrested on 9 November 2001.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
After the sale of the vessels took place pursuant to the order of this court the proceeds amounting to approximately F$1,803,823.00 were paid into court.
\par 
\par The only matter now before the court for determination is the priority of the various claimants to the funds paid in.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
Whether any party will in fact succeed in establishing its claim is a separate question.
\par 
\par Jeyang International Limited, the first Plaintiff at whose instance the vessels were arrested says that it represents the crew\rquote s claims.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 The only intervener seeking priority over this claim is the Land Bank of Taiwan to which it appears the vessels were mortgaged.
\par 
\par In the \'93}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Halcyon Isle}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 \'94 [1980] 2 Lloyd\rquote s Rep 325 Lor
d Diplock explained that six classes of claims are treated as giving rise to maritime liens on ships.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
The are, in order of priority:
\par 
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{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Seaman\rquote s wages;
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{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Bottomry (now obsolete);
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{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Master\rquote s wages;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 and
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (vi)\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls3\pnrnot0\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang 
{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Master\rquote s disbursements.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par Although the ranking for the purposes of priority in the distribution of a limited fund is described as complicated Lord Diplock, at page 329 pointed out that:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 \'93In English Admiralty law and practice claims of
 all those 6 classes that have hitherto been treated as giving rise to a maritime lien take priority over claims under mortgages in the distribution of a limited fund by the court and mortgages themselves rank in priority to all classes of claims that hav
e not been treated as giving rise to maritime liens.\'94
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par Although the relevant volume of British Shipping Laws dealing with Admiralty Practice, referred to by Lord Diplock is unfortunately missing from our library Mr. Kapadia helpfully referred me to Meeson\rquote s
 Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice, Lloyds 1993 which at page 160 states:
\par 
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the claim of a mortgagee is postponed to a claim with a maritime lien whether arising before or after the mortgage (The \'93Royal Arch\'94 (1857) Swa. 269).
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par In the face of these authorities Mr. Fa asserted that the Land Bank of Taiwan was entitled to claim priority over the crews wages since the vessels themselves had only been constructed with funds lent by the Land Bank .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Therefore, he argued, in a variation of the reasoning of Langton J in the \'93}{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Mons}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 \'94 [1932] P 109, 111 (and substituting the mortgagee for the salvor) that:
\par 
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It accords with ones natural view of justice that the salvor who has preserved the whole of the res should have his claim considered in priority to the various cr
editors of the ship who had nothing on which to claim if the exertions of the salvor had not been made.\'94
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par In support of his argument Mr. Fa cited the \'93}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Pickanniny}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 \'94 [1960] 1 Lloyd\rquote s Rep 533 and }{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Faurnier v. the ship \'93Margaret 2\'94}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691  [1999] 3 NZLR 117.
\par 
\par I have read both these cases but do not find that they assist Mr. Fa.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
The first, in which the Court was asked to determine priorities as between mortgagees and necessaries men is authority for the proposal (at 537) that:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 \'93the Court must be slow to depart from the usual order of priorities.\'94

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
\par It does not deal with the rival claims of a ship\rquote s crew and a mortgagee.
\par 
\par The second case usefully reproduces Sections 4 & 5 of the New Zealand Admiralty Act 1973.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 This Act ranks seamens}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691  wages and master\rquote s wages at (d) and (e) while ranking mortgagees at (k).}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 It involves competing claims between a mortgagee, personal injuries claimants and a supplier of fuel and lubricants.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 Seamens}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691  wages were not in issue.
\par 
\par A further and fundamental difficulty faced Mr. Fa.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 In presenting the Land Bank\rquote 
s case he relied principally on an affidavit filed on 31 January 2002.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
This affidavit appears to be largely written in some form of Chinese or other oriental script.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
The part written in English may or may not be a translation of the parts written in this oriental script.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 I do not know.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 The parts written in English at best appeared to show that \'93Kao Ya No. 137\'94
 was the subject of a right of hypothecation registered in August 1990 prior to the launch of the ship in October 1990.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15009691  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 
I can find no reference at all to \'93Kao Ya No. 1\'94.
\par 
\par There will be a declaration that the crew\rquote s claim if properly established in respect of both vessels ranks in priority to the claims of the Land Bank.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15009691 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15734774\charrsid15009691 M.D. Scott
\par Judge
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\par 12 July 2002
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