Papers and Articles
Readers are cautioned that these papers are not updated to reflect current developments.
- CONDUCT OF CANADIAN PUBLIC INQUIRIES and the COHEN COMMISSION Western Mariner (March 2010)
- CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO BRITISH COLUMBIA WCB REGULATION OF FISHING INDUSTRY FAILS. Fisherman Life (Spring 2009)
- TAX TREATMENT OF FISHING LICENCES RETIRED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT BUY BACK PROGRAMS Fisherman Life April/May 2008
- A REFORMULATION OF THE INTERJURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY DOCTRINE - Case Comment on Canadian Western Bank v. Alberta and British Columbia (A.G.) v. Lafarge Presented to the maritime subsection of the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association 25 October 2007
- CONFLICTS WITH MARINA OPERATORS - THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF NAVIGATION AND RIPARIAN RIGHTS COLLIDE Fisherman Life October 2007; Mariner Life October 2007
- BILL C-45 COMPLIANCE PROVISIONS Fisherman Life April 2007
- CAPITAL GAINS AND TRANSFERS OF FISHING PROPERTY : 2006 FEDERAL BUDGET PROPOSALS Fisherman Life January 2007
- MARINA OPERATOR'S LIENS Mariner Life October 2005, Fisherman Life October 2005
- IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO EXCUSE . . . OR IS IT? The Defence of Officially Induced Error Fisherman Life July 2006
- MARINE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR NEGLIGENCE Presented to the Marine Insurance Association of British Columbia 29 May 2006
- FISHING LICENCES AS SECURITY FOR LOANS: An Incremental Step Forward by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Fisherman Life April 2006
- MARINE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR NEGLIGENCE Mariner Life December 2005; Fisherman Life December 2005 Note: See the above paper of the same title presented to the M.I.A.B.C. For a more complete paper with footnotes (link).
- MARINE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MACHINERY DAMAGE CLAIMS
Mariner Life October 2005; Fisherman Life October 2005
- LICENCE TRUSTS AND FRUSTRATION OF CONTRACT Fisherman Life July 2005
- SENTENCING FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FISHERIES ACT PART II Fisherman Life April 2005
- SENTENCING FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FISHERIES ACT Fisherman Life January 2005
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"APPLYING CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT TO FISHERIES"
Fisherman Life Oct. 2004 -
"Comite Maritime International Meets in Vancouver"
Western Mariner July 2004 -
LEGAL STATUS OF CREW MEMBERS IN THE WEST COAST FISHING INDUSTRY
Western Mariner/Western Fish and Seafood Winter 2003/4 -
CROWN LIABILITY
C.L.E. of British Columbia FEDERAL COURT PRACTICE UPDATE - 2003 by Brad Caldwell and Robin Whittaker -
Salvour of Zodiac Receives $240 Salvage Settlement and $77,000 Damage Award for False Imprisonment Caused by Ungrateful Vessel Owner
Western Fish and Seafood August 2003 -
THE TREATMENT OF FISHING LICENCES AS FAMILY ASSETS UPON THE BREAKUP OF A MARRIAGE
Western Fish and Seafood June 2003 -
LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF CARPENTER FISHING V. THE QUEEN
Western Fish and Seafood March 2003 -
FEDERAL COURT FISHERIES ISSUES: A SURVEY OF FISHERIES CASES IN THE FEDERAL COURT
Presented to the Federal Court Judge's Seminar 12 April 2002 (Sponsored by the Federal Court of Canada and the Canadian Maritime Law Association) -
"LICENCE TRUSTS: DISPUTES OVER ENTITLEMENT"
Fisherman Life July 2002 -
SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS Mariner Life September 2002; Fisherman Life October 2002; Reprinted Mariner Life March and April 2006
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"THE PACIFIC SALMON TREATY: A BRIEF TRUSE IN THE US/CANADA SALMON WAR"
(1999) 57 Advocate 379" -
"Surveyors Negligence" presented to the Association of Marine Underwriters of B.C. 26 May 1999; published Westcoast Fisherman November 1998
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BOOK REVIEW OF "GOLDEN SAILS - The Story of the Pacific Mutual Marine Insurance Company Current 1996