Rule 61.2 Admiralty claimsF1

(1)

The following claims must be started in the Admiralty Court—

(a)

a claim—

(i)

in rem;

(ii)

for damage done by a ship;

(iii)

concerning the ownership of a ship;

(iv)

under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

F2(v)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vi)

by a master or member of a crew for wages;

(vii)

in the nature of towage; or

(viii)

in the nature of pilotage;

(b)

a collision claim;

(c)

a limitation claim; or

(d)

a salvage claim.

(2)

Any other admiralty claim may be started in the Admiralty Court F3and a claim for loss of life or personal injury specified in section 20(2)(f) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 should be started in the Admiralty Court in the circumstances set out in Practice Direction 61.

(3)

Rule F430.5 applies to claims in the Admiralty Court except that the Admiralty Court may order the transfer of a claim to—

(a)

the Commercial F5Court;

(b)

a F6Circuit Commercial Court; F7or

F8(c)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)

any other appropriate court.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 61 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 5
F2: Rule 61.2(1)(a)(v) omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 33(2)(a)
F3: Words in rule 61.2(2) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 33(2)(b)
F4: Word in rule 61.2(3) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/3515), rules 1, 16
F5: Word in rule 61.2(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/342), rules 1(1), 11(a)
F6: Words in rule 61.2(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/889), rules 1(1), 8(a)
F7: Word in rule 61.2(3)(b) inserted (6.4.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/342), rules 1(1), 11(b)
F8: Rule 61.2(3)(c) omitted (6.4.2019) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/342), rules 1(1), 11(c)

Notes on Part 61

Textual amendments

F2: Words in Pt. 61 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 18(1) (with rule 2)