The "Nur Allya" – Singapore High Ct (Navin Anand AR) [2018] SGHCR 12 – 16 August 2018

Admiralty practice – Service of writ – Collision actions – Plaintiffs issuing writs timeously but failing to serve them within 12 months – Whether plaintiffs entitled to orders extending validity of writs – Relevance of settlement negotiations – Maritime Conventions Act 1911, section 8 – Rules of Court (Cap 322, R5, 2014 Rev Ed), O 6 r 4

On 4 January 2015 the defendant's vessel Nur Allya was involved in a collision with the vessels GS Spring and Atika off Singapore. The plaintiff owners of GS Spring and Atika alleged that the collisions were caused by the defendant's negligence. The claims arising out of the collisions were subject to the two-year limitation period provided for under section 8 of the Maritime Conventions Act 1911.