Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice for Priority of Claims on Sale of Ship

In the High Court of New Zealand Wellington Registry, I Te Koti Matua o Aotearoa, Te Whanganui-a-tara Rohe

CIV-2019-485-346

In Admiralty:

Between Chaffers Marina Limited, a duly incorporated company having its registered office at Unit G14/1, Clyde Quay Wharf, Te Aro, Wellington—Plaintiff

And—The Vessel Demoissells a yacht registered in Jersey under the Registration No. 746304—First Defendant

AndNeil Spencer Macfarquhar, of Pahiatua, company director—Second Defendant:

Regulation 25.52(1) of the High Court Rules 2016

  1. The Demoiselles has been sold and the gross proceeds of that sale, amounting to $251,000.00, have been paid into court at Wellington.
  2. The priority of the claims against the proceeds of sale will not be determined until after 9 July 2020.
  3. A person having a claim against the ship or described property, or the proceeds of sale of that ship or property, on which the person intends to proceed to judgment should commence an action to enforce that claim before the date specified in paragraph 2 and, if necessary, apply to the court to extend the period within which the order of priority of claims will not be determined.
  4. If the steps referred to in paragraph 3 are not taken, an order determining the priority of claims against the ship or described property, or the proceeds of sale of that ship or property, may be made without notice to the person claiming against the ship or described property, or the proceeds of sale of that ship or property.

Dated this 10th day of June 2020.

JOHN EARLES, Registrar.