Wallace v Proceeds of the ship Otago - [1981] 2 NZLR 740

Admiralty — Maritime lien — Right to unpaid wages — Ship arrested, due to owner's default in paying mortgage, and sold — Whether plaintiff entitled to a maritime lien against the proceeds of the ship and a monetary judgment for amounts claimed to be owing for seaman's wages — Whether plaintiff should be awarded interest — Shipping and Seamen Act 1952, ss 75(2) and 93(2).