The Admiralty Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any of the following questions or claims:

(a) any claim to the possession or ownership of a ship or to the ownership of any share therein or for recovery of documents of title and ownership of a ship, including registration certificate, log book and such certificates as may be necessary for the operation or navigation of the ship;
(b) any question arising between the co-owners of a ship as to possession, employment or income of that ship;
(c) any claim in respect of a mortgage of or charge on a ship or any share therein;
(d) any claim for damage done by a ship;
(e) any claim for damage received by a ship;
(f) any claim for loss of life or personal injury sustained in consequence of any defect in a ship or in her apparel or equipment, or of the wrongful act, neglect or default of the owners, charterer or persons in possession or control of a ship or of the master or crew thereof or any other persons for whose wrongful acts, neglects or defaults the owners, charterers or persons in possession or control of ship are responsible, being an act, neglect or default in the navigation or management of the ship, in the loading, carriage or discharge of goods on, in or from the ship or in the embarkation, carriage or disembarkation of persons on, in or from the ship;
(g) any claim for loss of or damage to goods carried in a ship;
(h) any claim arising out of any agreement relating to the carriage of goods in a ship or to the use or hire of a ship;
(i) any claim in the nature of salvage of life from a ship or cargo or any property on board a ship or the ship itself or its apparel, whether services were rendered on the high sea or within territorial waters or inland waters or in a port, including any claim arising by virtue of the application by or under section 12 of the Civil Aviation Ordinance, 1960, (Ordinance XXXII of 1960) of the law relation to salvage to aircraft and their apparel and cargo;
(j) any claim in respect of towage of a ship or an aircraft;
(k) any claim in respect of pilotage of a ship or an aircraft;
(l) any claim in respect of goods or materials supplied to a ship for her operation or maintenance;
(m)any claim in respect of construction, repair or equipment of a ship or dock charges or dues;
(n) any claim for wages by a master or member of the crew of a ship or any claim for any money or property recoverable as wages of master or member of the crew under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1983, hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance, or in the Court;
(o) any claim for disbursements made on account of or for the purpose of a ship by the Master, shipper, charterer or agent of the ship;
(p) any claim arising out of an act which is or is claimed to be a general average act;
(q) any claim arising out of bottomry or respondentia;
(r) any claim for forfeiture or condemnation of a ship or of goods which are being or have been carried, or have been attempted to be carried, or for the restoration of a ship or any such goods after seizure, or for droits of admiralty together with any other jurisdiction to grant reliefs as are provided under the provisions of the said Ordinance or any other jurisdiction which was vested in the High Court Division as a Court of Admiralty immediately before the commencement of this Act and any other jurisdiction as to any matter in connection with ships or aircraft which has by custom been exercised by the High Court Division as a Court of Admiralty.

Recognition Procedure of Foreign
Arbitration in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi law recognises and provides for recognition procedure of foreign arbitration award in order for same to be enforceable locally. Once an arbitration proceeding in a foreign country is completed, the Arbitral Award, on an application by any party, will be enforced by a court of this country under the Civil Procedure Code in the same manner as if it were a decree of court. For the arbitral award to be recognised and enforced in Bangladesh, one of the parties will have to make an application to the Court of the District Judge, Dhaka under the Code of Civil Procedure of Bangladesh. While making that application seeking the recognition and the enforcement, the party will have to supply: a) The original arbitral award or a copy thereof duly authenticated in the manner required by the law of the country in which it was made; b) The original agreement for arbitration or a duly certified copy thereof; and c) Such evidence as may be necessary to prove that the award is a foreign award. For an arbitration award given in London to be enforceable in Bangladesh depends upon several factors such as whether the other party against whom such award was made applies for refusal of recognition or execution of foreign arbitral award under section 46 of the Arbitration Act, 2001. Besides, it is to be taken into account that for the recognition and enforcement of the arbitration award, application is to be made in District Court which does not appear to operate expeditiously.  Need full article … Email us at info@bdpni.com