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The transportation industry is a major driver of the Canadian economy and has attracted significant attention from the Competition Bureau (Bureau) in Canada.

On August 16, 2023, Canada published Regulation SOR/2023-180 under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) (Amending Regulation). The Amending Regulation exempts certain classes of employees in the banking...

The Superior Court of Quebec recently rendered a decision based on insurable interest in a case involving a sunken boat.

Each plan identifies objectives and strategies to support the development of marine-based renewable energy, including tidal, current, wave, wind and thermal energy power.

This webinar brought up to date on legal developments and hot topics from over the last year for the shipping industry in Canada.

This year's Annual Maritime Law Seminar will be held virtually for the second year in a row.

Guidance from the IMO on how to hire guards to protect a ship from pirates.

At the last Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council, held in Kiruna, Sweden, on May 15, 2013, the Council adopted its second international agreement, the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic.

On November 20, 2008 the Supreme Court of Canada rejected an application by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet for leave to appeal a Canadian Transportation Agency (the “CTA”) decision that orders certain Canadian carriers, namely Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet, to amend their current air fare policies to implement a one-person, one-fare (1P1F) policy.

Effective April 1, 2011, the Government of Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) instituted a change in its licensing policy for Atlantic Canada's inshore fishery.

Most business lawyers would be familiar with the standard types of legal due diligence carried out in the usual commercial purchase and sale or financing transaction.

The Supreme Court of Canada has plotted a new course for Canadian maritime law in Desgagnés Transport v Wärtsilä Canada, 2019 SCC 58.

A loading catastrophe raises considerable questions in terms of governing legislation, jurisdiction, and potential liability limitations.

Once again, the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") has pushed back the implementation of the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management project ("CARM").

In Platypus Marine, Inc. v. TATU (TATU), the Federal Court of Canada (Court) ordered that the defendant ship be released from arrest because there was no outstanding judgment.

The Federal Court ordered that a former Royal Canadian Navy destroyer be released from arrest before trial, without bail, so the ship could be sunk by its owner to create an artificial reef near Vancouver.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has confirmed that a ship owner which is a party to a bill of lading has the right to direct payment of unpaid freight that would otherwise be payable to a third party.