Marine Steel Ltd v The ship Steel Navigator - [1992] 1 NZLR 77

Admiralty — Maritime lien — Costs incurred in protection of lien — Repairer charged owner of ship for berthage and insurance while ship detained under lien — Whether repairer was entitled to recover costs incurred in protection of lien.

Equity — Estoppel — Promissory estoppel — Owner of ship contended that proposal by repairer to accept payment on account of repair costs and to discuss payment of balance estopped repairer from suing to recover the total costs — Whether repairer had made clear and unequivocal promise — Whether repairer was estopped from recovering total costs.