KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
Free advice on arresting a ship anywhere in India
The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017 is now in force from August 15, 2026. If you have rendered services to a ship or a sister ship anywhere in the world and your claim remains unpaid or if there is a dispute between the co-owners or damage done to or by the ship also there are several other reasons when a ship can be arrested as chalked out in the The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017. The shipping team from Brus Chambers, specialised shipping law firm in India and a top-tier shipping law firm as ranked by Legal500; Shippinglawyers.NET; Lloydslist; IBLJ and many other international credential bodies, will peruse your file for free and advice you, if you can proceed to initiate legal action and arrest a ship under admiralty jurisdiction anywhere in India.
It appears that many claimants are not aware of their legal rights and are not aware as to what needs to be done and how they should proceed further for recovery of their claim or dues or when there is a dispute and are also not aware that a ship can be arrested for their claim, pertaining to possession or ownership of a ship;ownership of any share; co-owner as to employment; earnings of vessel; mortgage of charge; loss or damage caused; loss of life; personal injury; loss or damage to goods; carriage of goods;carriage of passengers; charter party; salvage; towage; pilotage; supplies to vessel; services to vessel; construction; repairs or converting a ship; equipping; port; harbour; canal; dock; light toll; toll; waterway; charges; master and crew wages; disbursements; average or general average; contract for sale of vessel; insurance premium; commission; brokerage; agency fees; damage to environment; sunken or wrecked ship; stranded or abandoned; maritime lien; mortgage; collision; re-construction of a ship. The claimants should feel free to aproach 'Single Window' and know their legal rights against the ship or her owner.
The shipping team at Brus Chambers will evaluate the case file, if you are seeking to know your legal rights to proceed against the ship, you will have to forward as per below:
a. Before forwarding any documents or the briefing note, we request you to check with the shipping team at Brus Chambers if there is any conflict of interest. To enable them to run a conflict of interest check please forward the name of the ship to be arrested; the owner of the ship; the proposed plaintiff/ claimant name.
b. You are requested to write an email to in@brus.in , your email will be forwarded to the concerned solicitor, for a reply. In the subject line of your email please do not forget to write "Request for Free Legal Advice via singlewindow.co.in" and if its urgent please write "Urgent-Request for Free Legal Advice via singlewindow.co.in"
c. Please allow atleast 3-16 working hours for you to receive a confirmation email, to enable the shipping team to run a conflict and a background check.
d. Once you receive a confirmation that there is no conflict of interest, a detailed briefing note/ synopsis/ chronological dates and events of the case leading to the dispute alongwith a complete file with all (copies) documents and supportings including all the correspondences exchanged leading to the dispute should be forwarded preferably by email unless the same should be couriered if the same is volumnious.
e. The team will peruse your case file and forward an initial advice to you if legal action can be initiated or not under admiralty jurisdiction for a ship arrest and the procedure. Normally, initial advice is forwarded within 24 -72 hours from receipt of all the documents and information requested, depending on the complexities involved.
f. During this process the shipping team may ask for further information or documents from you, if they think you have not provided with all the documents or the file is incomplete.
g. All information and documents forwarded shall be kept confidential with the shipping team at Brus Chambers.
h. Shipping team at Brus Chambers may accept or reject to give any advice, without assigning any reasons.
i. No invoice or NIL invoice shall be raised for the above work done and the file shall be closed accordingly. You are thereafter free to engage any other lawyer or a law firm should you desire to proceed further with the case alternatively, you may engage the law firm Brus Chambers on terms mutually agreed.