Federal Marine Liability Act Liability

Omar Ha-Redeye was quoted in the Lawyers Daily in a review of the British Columbia Court of Appeal decision in Knight v. Black, 2022 BCCA 130 (CanLII),

Toronto lawyer Omar Ha-Redeye said the case is important because there is very little litigation or reported decisions on these types of injuries in Canada.

He explained that the B.C. courts have explicitly pointed this out in recent years, in light of frequent ferry traffic in the province (Sperling v. Queen of Nanaimo (Ship) 2014 BCSC 326, and that B.C. courts have had some difficulty determining the applicability of liability in this context on a summary basis (Sperling v. Queen of Nanaimo 2020 BCSC 1852).

“This decision provides some certainty to employers specifically as to how the Maritime Liability Act might apply to their employees, conducting business and requiring transportation by water to do so,” said Ha-Redeye, who runs Fleet Street Law, a legal incubator in Toronto, and teaches at Ryerson University’s Lincoln Alexander School of Law.