“NAGASAKI SPIRIT” - where she acted for the salvor who, together with others, challenged the shipyard’s claim for their expenses in excess of S$1 million to be ranked as Sheriff’s expenses, ahead of all other claimants;

“DWIMA 1” - a local case which deals with the enforcement of a possessory lien by a ship repairer by way of an in rem action;

Splosna Plovba International v. AOL - where she acted for the plaintiff/ ship owners in resisting the defendant’s/charterer’s application for a stay pursuant to Section 6 of the IAA, where the court stayed the action on condition that security be provided to our client;

“BERKUT” - which determined that the value of a ship, for the purposes of security, to be the open market value of the vessel and not the forced sale value;

“SEA NIMROD” - which concerned the quantification of security to be furnished in relation to a charterers’ claim for damages for non-delivery under a Barecon 89 bareboat charterparty with an option to purchase. The court reduced the amount of security from US$3.3m to about US$380,000 plus interest and costs;

“UNION STAR 88” - where she acted for cargo insurers in respect of a claim involving the grounding of a vessel in Vietnam, which led to a total loss of the cargoes on board;

acting for local insurers in various policy disputes as well as defending claims brought against their insureds; and

acting in numerous related actions for the minority shareholders/directors of a local holding company which is involved in the shipping and timber business.