The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)
[1969] P 72
[PROBATE, DIVORCE & ADMIRALTY DIVISION]
COXSWAIN, CREW, LAUNCHERS AND WINCHMEN OF SHOREHAM LIFEBOAT
v.
MOTOR TRAWLER KATCHER I (OWNERS) THE KATCHER I (No. 2)
[1966 Folio 176]
1968 Feb. 22;
April 9
April 9
Brandon J.
Admiralty
— Costs
— Amount recovered
— Less than £1,000 recovered in salvage action in High Court
— Whether case fit to be tried otherwise than in county court
— Effect on order for costs
—
County Courts Act, 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2, c. 22), s. 60.
Costs
— Costs follow event
— Discretion of court
— Amount recovered in salvage action in High Court less than £1,000
— Reasonable grounds for supposing that more than £1,000 would be recovered
— Principles on which discretion exercised.
Costs
— Payment into court
— Salvage
— Payment in of £500 in salvage in High Court taken out by plaintiff
— Effect on order for costs.
Ships' Names
— Katcher I.