Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
CONFLICT OF LAWS AND VESSEL OWNERSHIP
The Cape Moreton
Introduction
In The Cape Moreton
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the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia recently considered two important and interesting issues: the meaning of the concept “owner” in the context of the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth); and which law should govern the question of the ownership status of foreign vessels. The court’s treatment of the first issue has already
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