Our maritime law practice services P&I Clubs, underwriters, shipping companies, ship service providers, NVOCCs and freight forwarders, including many of Canada’s top players in the shipping community.  

We advise and provide legal representation in a variety of litigation matters, including:

• Cargo Damage Claims
• Charterparty Disputes
• Coastal trade licenses
• Collisions and groundings
• Crew Matters
• Collection matters
• Damage to fixed objects
• Freight forwarding, ship agency and brokerage matters
• Frustration of contracts
• Liens
• Personal injury
• Pilotage Disputes
• Pollution Incidents
• Purchase and sale of ships
• Salvage Claims and General Average
• Ship arrests, particularly trade debt collections

We also assist with contract drafting and solicitor-type advice in connection with:

• Charter parties
• Bills of lading
• Letters of credit
• Contracts of affreightment
• Booking notes
• Agency contracts
• Warehousing contracts
• Passenger carriage contracts
• Ship repair and ship building contracts
• Ship sale contracts
• Arbitration clauses