Facts:

This is an interlocutory Appeal against the Ruling of the trial High Court dismissing the Appellant’s Preliminary Objection on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction to hear and determine the Suit filed by Respondent based on the subject matter which involved traits of an admiralty action. The trial Court held that it had jurisdiction to adjudicate on the dispute.

Aggrieved by the decision of the trial Court, the Appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal seeking to overturn the Ruling. In response, the Respondent filed its brief as well as a Preliminary Objection seeking to terminate the Appeal on grounds that leave of Court was not sought being an interlocutory Appeal which had grounds of mixed law and fact.