MIOM 1 LTD AND ANR V SEA ECHO ENE (NO 2)

[2011] EWHC 2715 (Admlty), Queen's Bench Division, Admiralty Court, Mr Justice Teare, 26 October 2011

Admiralty - Costs - Whether defendant's offer Part 61 compliant and giving rise to payment of claimant's costs - Time bar - Extension of time to bring claim by way of set-off - Single liability principle - Merchant Shipping Act 1995, section 190 - Maritime Conventions Act 1911

Following a judgment awarding equal liability for a collision, where the claimant's claim was very much larger than its liability, the parties had returned to court for resolution of several questions of costs.