Maritime law's Anton Pillar: the arrest of a vessel can be a powerful legal tool.
"Away, lad, away beyond the blue horizon lays the truth of the world." Yeah, whatever. This primer will set you off on your journey over the sea of Canadian maritime law.
Whether on water or land, the long arm of the law watches and acts against those that operate their vessel dangerously.
Ahhh ... the calm soothing splish-splash of the water and the gentle rocking of the boat. You are getting sleepy .... very sleepy .... BANG! And then what?
May the actual total loss be barratry or demurrage to your flottila soul! Finally, a Tower of Babel plain language legal dictionary so we can understand what all those maritime lawyers talk about!
Maritime law expert Darren Williams doesn't just explain that maritime (or marine) liens are "something you don't want" but he also explodes the myths of maritime liens.
As attractive and swashbuckling it may appear to dive for Spanish wrecks in search of ancient gold coins or the Titanic's silverware, there are basic rules regarding the recovery of salvage. Finders keepers? Not quite.
Ship repair is risky business but the ship-owner is not entirely orphaned at the altar of freedom of contract.
Mayday! Mayday! When a Canadian vessel hears that, she'd better react and help out 'else face a hefty 7-digit fine.
For the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, it was never "to be or not to be". It had to be and be it is in all its glory, regulating the constant criss-crossing of the oceans of the world by maritime traffic and gold-diggers.