Tasman Orient Line CV v Alliance Group Ltd - [2004] 1 NZLR 650

Shipping and navigation — Carriage of goods by sea — Limitation of liability for cargo claims — Whether sub-time charterer an “owner” entitled to claim limitation — Whether right to limitation displaced by fault of owner — Whether negligent navigation by master of ship attributable to charterer — Whether power to order charterer to provide security — High Court Rules, R 792.

Statutes — Interpretation — Drafting error — Power to correct obvious drafting error in Act — High Court Rules, R 792(11).

Practice and procedure — Admiralty — Jurisdiction to order limitation fund — High Court Rules, R 792(11).