Federal Court Decisions

Date: 20021129

Docket: T-1948-01

Neutral citation: 2002 FCT 1243

Montréal, Quebec, November 29, 2002

Before:            Richard Morneau, Prothonotary

                                 ADMIRALTY ACTION IN REM AND IN PERSONAM

BETWEEN:

KRUPP PRESTA A.G.

and

TRANS-OVERSEAS CORPORATION

and

KRUPP HOECHT AUTOMOTIVE OF AMERICA INC.

and

ALL PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST

IN FREIGHT TRANSPORTED ON

THE M.V. "CAST POWER"

                                                                                                                                                        Plaintiffs

and

CAST LINE LTD.

and

CANADA MARITIME LTD.

and

THE OWNERS AND CHARTERERS OF

THE SHIP "CAST POWER"

and

THE SHIP "CAST POWER"

                                                                                                                                                    Defendants

Motion by plaintiffs for extension of time to serve their statement of claim on the ship "Cast Power".

                                     [Rules 8 and 203 of the Federal Court Rules (1998)]

                                               REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

[1]                 This motion is dismissed with costs to the defendants Cast Line Ltd., since the very events referred to in paras. 4 and 5 of the notice of motion at bar, namely filing of the defence of Cast Line Ltd. on November 6, 2001, and discontinuance of the claim against the third party Michigan Transport Inc. in February 2002, were such as to make the plaintiffs serve their action at once on the ship "Cast Power". The delay which has elapsed since November 6, 2001, and the lack of any evidence of a continuing intention by the plaintiffs to sue the ship at issue mean that it is not in the interests of justice to grant the extension sought. (See Registered Public Accountants Association of Alberta v. Society of Professional Accountants of Canada et al. (2000), 5 C.P.R. (4th) 527.)

Certified true translation

Suzanne M. Gauthier, C. Tr., LL.L.

                                                    FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                                                 TRIAL DIVISION

                                                          SOLICITORS OF RECORD

FILE:                                                T-1948-01

STYLE OF CAUSE:                      ADMIRALTY ACTION IN REM AND IN PERSONAM

Between:

KRUPP PRESTA A.G. and

TRANS-OVERSEAS CORPORATION and

KRUPP HOECHT AUTOMOTIVE OF AMERICA INC. and

ALL PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST

IN FREIGHT TRANSPORTED ON

THE M.V. "CAST POWER"

                                                                                                                                                        Plaintiffs

and

CAST LINE LTD. and

CANADA MARITIME LTD. and

THE OWNERS AND CHARTERERS OF

THE SHIP "CAST POWER" and

THE SHIP "CAST POWER"

                                                                                                                                                    Defendants

PLACE OF HEARING:              Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:                  November 25, 2002

REASONS FOR ORDER BY: RICHARD MORNEAU, PROTHONOTARY

DATED:                                           November 29, 2002

APPEARANCES:

Jean-Marie Fontaine                                                    for the plaintiffs

Pierre G. Côté                                   for the defendants

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson                                       for the plaintiffs

Montréal, Quebec

Ogilvy Renault                                   for the defendants

Montréal, Quebec