CLUB CRUISE ENTERTAINMENT AND TRAVELLING SERVICES EUROPE BV v THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT (THE “VAN GOGH”)
[2009] Lloyd's Rep Plus 5
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice Flaux
Shipping – Health and safety – Statutory power to
detain vessel – Cruise vessel temporarily detained by Maritime and Coastguard
Agency after outbreak of gastrointestinal virus – Whether detention valid –
Whether detention constituted unlawful interference with goods – Whether court
had jurisdiction to award statutory compensation – Merchant Shipping Act 1995,
sections 94 and 95 – Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety
at Work) Regulations 1997, Regulation 28.