The New Marine Liability Act
Excerpt:
On August 8, 2001, the Marine Liability Act, S.C. 2001, c. 6 (the “Act”) came into force.
The broad purpose of the Act according to government literature is as follows:
- 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.
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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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