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Jun 10, 2003maritime lawship mortgageinterventionforum shoppingpreferred maritime lienspresidential decree 1521
Intervention Denied: Maritime Liens, Forum Shopping in Ship Mortgage Disputes
Supreme Court clarifies when mortgagees may intervene in crew wage claims and warns against forum shopping in vessel foreclosure cases.