The Marine Liability Act: A Five Year Review
Excerpt:
The fifth anniversary of the Marine Liability Act, S.C. 2001, c. 6 (the “Act”) is on August 8, 2001. While the Act has been written on before in this column, it is worth reviewing the scope of the Act given that almost 5 years has passed since it became the primary legislation in Canada dealing with maritime claims. According to government literature the Act was designed to
achieve the following:
- To adopt a new regime of Shipowner’s liability to passengers and a new regime for apportioning liability.
- To consolidate existing marine liability regimes to one comprehensive piece of legislation; and
- To validate certain bylaws and regulations made under Canada Ports Corporation Act and the Pilotage Act.
About Peter Swanson
Peter is a founding partner of the firm with over 35 years of professional legal experience. He practices primarily in the fields of maritime and health law. Peter’s maritime case work involves carriage of goods by sea, civil and regulatory liability for ship source pollution, collisions, chartering and other contract disputes, maritime lien enforcement or response, ship arrest and sale,… view full profile »
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