Other Practice Topics - Admiralty Law

R. v. M/V Marathassa, 2019 BCPC 13

In Other Practice Topics, Pollution (Ship Source) on February 7, 2019 (Updated February 08, 2019)

Précis: The Provincial Court of British Columbia acquitted the defendant ship of all charges in relation to a discharge of oil from the ship in April 2015.

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Ownership - Sale and Transfer of Ownership - SSOPF - Third Party Legal Owner - Vessel Registry

Canada (Ship-Source Oil Pollution Fund) v. Dr. Jim Halvorson Medical Services Ltd., 2019 FC 35

In Other Practice Topics, Pollution (Ship Source) on January 11, 2019 (Updated January 25, 2019)

Précis: The Federal Court held that the registered defendant owner was not liable for oil spill clean up costs as it was not the the legal owner of the vessel at the time of sinking.

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