Arrest Pending Appeal - Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal Platypus Marine Inc. v. The ship Tatu In Admiralty Practice, In Rem Actions and Arrest on September 8, 2016 (Updated December 14, 2017) Précis: The Federal Court of Appeal held that it did not have the original jurisdiction to order the arrest, the continuance of an arrest, or the release of a vessel. That power belongs to the Federal Court. Summary not yet available