Decisión nº: 000556

In April 1998 the shipowner filed a claim with the court in charge of the limitation proceedings for £500 000 for the costs of post-spill environmental studies. The Director took the view that the studies appeared to duplicate work already carried out by experts appointed by the shipowner’s insurer and the Fund to assess alleged damage to fisheries and therefore rejected the claim. In June 1998 the Court in charge of the limitation proceedings rejected the claim for the costs of these studies.