Baltic Shipping Co Ltd v Pegasus Lines SA - [1996] 3 NZLR 641

Admiralty — Jurisdiction — Time subcharter to respondent — Master employed by plaintiff — Negligent misstatement by master as to capacity of ship — Respondent bringing tort claim for costs incurred as a result — Whether Court had jurisdiction to entertain claim — Whether claim arose "out of any agreement . . . for the use of a ship" — Admiralty Act 1973, ss 4(1)(h) and 5.