The First Hall, Civil Court, presided by Mr Justice Francesco
Depasquale, on the 6 June 2023, in the case "Emanuel Sant
(Mary Sant succeeded the acts in this case on the death of her
husband) vs Andrew Schembri and Christopher Sant personally and in
representation of Sea Star Cruises Company Limited" held,
among other things, that legal interests on the amount of
compensation awarded to applicant started to accrue from 22 April,
2008, as a remedy to the defendants' delaying tactics to
prolong these proceedings unnecessarily and not from the date of
judgement.
The facts in this case were as follows:
In the early hours, between the 7 and 8 September 2000, the
defendants' fishing boat, 'Comino Princess', which was
berthed in St Paul's Bay, and lying adjacent to Emanual
Sant's fishing boat 'Santa Maria', caught fire. The
fire on the 'Comino Princess' quickly spread and wrecked
Emanuel Sant's fishing boat 'Santa Maria'.
