Instructions:
You MUST reference in the body of the essay every time you use information from
other people. This requires you to keep a track of where you are taking information
from and then writing the reference up. You should use the Harvard/APA style; and
use the University’s new Presentation of Academic Work.
The assignment should not exceed approximately 2000 words.
Also very important fact about the part 1 is that there is a very similar case law in the Australian or English legal system.
Assignment
Part 1
Schubert, Mahler and Tull are resident Australian seamen employed on the fishing trawler
MV St Cecilia. Whilst on a routine fishing operation the captain of St Cecilia heard a radio
message that SS Titan, an abandoned oil tanker about 20 nautical miles to the south was
drifting towards the Australian coast. The vessel was badly holed, leaking oil and with
present currents and tidal situations it was drifting towards a coral reef a short distance
from a stretch of environmentally sensitive coastline. If the tanker wrecked on the reef the
environmental and economic consequences would be enormous.
The captain sailed to the reported position of the stricken tanker. In the rough sea, the crew
were unsuccessful in their attempt to attach a tow line. The captain then called for volunteers
prepared to risk their lives in boarding the vessel and securing a tow line manually.
Schubert and Mahler had previously worked on a salvage vessel and had some experience
in operations of this type and they volunteered immediately. They displayed considerable
bravery in swimming through rough seas, boarded the tanker and fixed a line. The heroic feat
was recorded on video by Tull.
Once the line was secure, St Cecilia towed the tanker away from the coastline and it was
subsequently salvaged by the tug, Resurrection.
Both Schubert and Mahler were awarded an Order of Australia medal by the Australian
Government and $100,000 each from Lloyds of London, the…