Stellar Ocean Transport LLC v Owners and/or Demise Charterers of the Ship or Vessel "Ruby Star" - Court of Appeal (Cheung and Barma JJA) [2014] HKCA 645 - 23 December 2014

Admiralty jurisdiction - Balance of account - Ship manager bringing in rem claim against demise charterers for balance of account - Plaintiff subsequently serving Further and Better Particulars stating that claim was in respect of bunker costs - Appropriation of payments - Whether claim within admiralty jurisdiction of High Court

The plaintiff was the ship manager of the vessel Ruby Star under a ship management agreement with the defendant Stellar Shipping Corporation Ltd (Stellar Shipping), the demise charterers of the vessel.