<h2 class="ql-align-center">JUDGMENT</h2><p><strong>DR. DATE-BAH, JSC</strong></p><p>On the 4^th of July 2003, the plaintiff mariner filed a writ at the High Court, Sekondi, endorsed with the following claim:</p><blockquote>“i) Order that the Cyprus affiliate F T PAW, settles the Plaintiff’s claim per the Collective Insurance Policy of International Transport Workers Federation (I.T.W.F.)</blockquote><blockquote>ii) 35% Interest on the sum payable from 1^st November 2001 to date of payment.”</blockquote><p>This Writ was accompanied by a Statement of Claim containing the facts set out below. Since the defendants have not filed a defence, but have rather contested the plaintiff’s claim as a matter of law, this case has come to us on the basis only of the plaintiff’s averments. The facts tell a sad story, but the sadness of the story cannot legitimately be allowed to affect the correct legal analysis of the case before us.</p><p>The plaintiff mariner worked aboard the M/V Dynamic, a Greek registered vessel owned by the first defendant and sailing under a Cyprus flag. The second defendant is the correspondent ag…</p>