—INTRODUCTION

The Admiralty Court 1.2 Although section 5(5) of the Senior Courts Act 198112 provides that the whole

jurisdiction of the High Court belongs to all divisions alike, and section 4(3) provides that all the judges of the High Court have equal power authority and jurisdiction, section 6(1)(b) of the Act provides that there be constituted as part of the Queen’s Bench Division an Admiralty Court, and further provides by subsection (2) that the judges of that court are to be such of the puisne judges as the Lord Chancellor shall nominate.13 Most Admiralty actions are tried by the Admiralty Judge, sitting in London.