Tug and Tow Towage vs Carriage It is always important to distinguish a contract of towage from one of carriage as different legal regimes apply. A contract of towage is one where the tug owner supplies a tug to tow (or push or assist) a ship, barge or other object belonging to someone else. Examples of towage are where a …

Admiralty Practice & Procedure For an overview of the law of Admiralty practice and procedure review the paper entitled  Admiralty Practice and Procedure: An Overview – 2005. For sister ship arrest, see the paper Sister Ship Arrest in the Federal Court of Canada: A Wreck in Need of Salvage, which considers the cases involving sister ship arrest and exposes a …

Carriage by Air Domestic Air Carriage The domestic carriage of goods by air is not extensively governed by legislation. The Carriage by Air Act does not apply to domestic carriage. The only legislation governing the form and content of domestic air carriage contracts is the Air Transportation Regulations passed pursuant to the provisions of the Canada Transportation Act. These regulations …

Admiralty Jurisdiction The cases under this title consider the Admiralty jurisdiction of the courts and which court has jurisdiction to hear a particular matter. More specifically, because the provincial superior courts have inherent jurisdiction, the cases usually concern the whether the Federal Court’s admiralty jurisdiction is invoked. It is important to note that the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Federal Court …

Limitation Periods The limitation periods that apply to claims governed by maritime law are not always easy to identify or locate. The federally prescribed limitation periods for many of the more common claims subject to maritime law are addressed below. For those claims for which there is not a specific limitation period, s. 140 of the Marine Liability Act now …