Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 61 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 5
61.2—(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.]
Textual Amendments
F2Rule 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)
F3Words 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)
F4Word 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
F5Word 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)
F6Words 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)
F7Word 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)
F8Rule 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)