30 Restrictions on entertainment of actions in personam in collision and other similar cases
County Courts Act 1984 (1984 c 28) | Legislation

30  Restrictions on entertainment of actions in personam in collision and other similar cases

(1)     The claims to which this section applies are claims for damage, loss of life or personal injury arising—

(a)     out of a collision between ships;

(b)     out of the carrying out of or omission to carry out a manoeuvre in the case of one or more of two or more ships; or

(c)     out of the non-compliance, on the part of one or more of two or more ships [with safety regulations under section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995].

(2)     [The county court may not] entertain an action in personam to enforce a claim to which this section applies unless—

(a)     the defendant has his habitual residence or a place of business within England and Wales;

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