77. Power of High Court to consolidate claims

Where any liability is alleged to have been incurred by the

Commission in respect of loss of life, personal injury, or loss of or damage to vessels, vehicles, animals, goods or other things whatsoever, and several claims are made or apprehended in respect of that liability, then the Commission may apply to the High

Court, and that Court may determine the amount of the Commission’s liability and may distribute that amount rateably among the several claimants, and may stay any proceedings pending in any other court in relation to the same matter, and may proceed in such manner and subject to such regulations, and as to the exclusion of any claimants who do not come in within a certain time, and as to requiring security from the Commission, and as to payment of any costs as the Court thinks just.