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SIR NIGEL TEARE sitting as a Judge of the High Court with Captain Nigel Hope and Commodore William Walworth, Elder Brethren of Trinity House, as Assessors ____________________
Nigel Jacobs KC (instructed by Hill Dickinson) for the Claimant Vasanti Selvaratnam KC (instructed by Stann Law) for the Defendant Hearing dates: 29 and 30 November and 01 December 2022 ____________________
This judgment was handed down by the judge remotely by circulation to the parties' representatives by email and release to The National Archives. The date and time for hand-down is deemed to be Friday 17 February 2023 at 10:00am.
(1) There is nothing�in the text of Rule 14 or the commentary in any of the text books which the parties have located which suggests that "a vessel" in Rule 14 (b) means both vessels.
(2) As a matter of language, and bearing in mind the COLREGS have to be read and understood by mariners all over the world, there is no basis for SYDNEY's submission that both vessels have to be able to see the sidelights of the other ship before the head-on rule is triggered. A vessel that sees both sidelights of another ship has to take action as required by the head-on rule and the crossing rule does not apply.
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