Unlike personal injury law, which addresses land-based acts of negligence that result in physical harm to individuals, maritime injury law deals with similar acts that occur while at sea. Consequently, Canadian maritime injury law features legal elements borrowed from international conventions, commonwealth common law, and aspects of Canadian federal and provincial law.
Canadian maritime injury law is administered via the Admiralty act and encompasses personal injury that occurs due to: -
● Collision of sea-faring vessels
● Acts of negligence perpetrated by ship owners, charter companies, shipmasters, or the crew members on a ship.
Personal injury lawsuits resulting from acts of negligence while at sea can only be filed in federal court in all Canadian provinces except British Columbia.