that extent, prolonged inaction by the true owner of a derelict does not render the
maritime property definitely abandoned and permanently relinquished. Prolonged
inaction with regard to a vessel is a clear dereliction and one that has been the focal
point in all derelict and wreck related judicial decisions.
References
Legislation
Canada
Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26 (CSA 2001)
Federal Courts Act, R.S.C. 1985, c F-7
Jurisprudence
Armory v Delamirie [1722] EWHC J94, (1722) 1 Strange 505
Bright v Gineste, 284 P (2d) 839, 842 (Cal. App. 1955)
Brooks Aviation, Inc. v Boeing SB-17G, [2005] 240 DLR (4th) 533; 253 FTR 128
Brooks Aviation, Inc. v Boeing SB-17G, [2005] 1 FCR 352, 2004 FC 710 (CanLII), online:
Coverdale v Charlton (1878) 4 Q. B. Div. 104
Chubb Insurance Co. of Canada v Cast line Ltd., [2001] R.R.A. 765
Cossman v West and British America Assurance Company (1887) 30 App. Cas. 160 at 180 PC
Five Steel Barges (1890) 15 P.D. 142
Hener v United States (1981) 525 F. Supp. 350, 354 (S.D.N.Y)
Hibbert v McKiernan [1948] 2 KB 142
Manning v Boston Insurance (1962), 34 D.L.R. (2d) 140 (P.E.I. S.C)
Moffat v Kazana [1969] 2 QB 152
Pierce v Bemis (The Lusitania) (1986) Q.B. 348
Reg v Bjornsen (1865) 12 TR 473
Sir Henry Constable’s Case (1600) 5 Co. Rep. 106a 77 E.R. 218, p219f
Strauch v Coastal State Crude Gathering Co., 424 S.W. 2d 677
The Antipolis 1990 (1) SA 751 (SCA)
The Aquila (1798) 1 C. Rob. 37
The Coromandel (1857) Swab. 205
The Cosmopolitan (1848) 6 Not. of Cas. Supply. xvii, xx-xxviii
The Gertrude (1861) 30 L. J. Adm. 130
The Heemskerk (1941) 70 L1 .L. Rep. 3
The Pergo (1987) 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 582
The Perla (1857) Swab. 230
The Port Hunter (1934) 6 F. Supp. 1009, 1011
The King v Forty nine Casks of Brandy, 3 Hagg. 257 (1836)
The Zeta (1875) L. R. 4 A. & E. 460
Warder v La Belle Creole [Case No. 17, 165]
Wiggins v 1100 Tons, More or Less, of Italian Marbles (1960) 186 F. Supp. 452 (E.D. Va. 1960)
An Exposé of Canadian “Abandoned Vessels &. . .
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maritime property definitely abandoned and permanently relinquished. Prolonged
inaction with regard to a vessel is a clear dereliction and one that has been the focal
point in all derelict and wreck related judicial decisions.
References
Legislation
Canada
Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26 (CSA 2001)
Federal Courts Act, R.S.C. 1985, c F-7
Jurisprudence
Armory v Delamirie [1722] EWHC J94, (1722) 1 Strange 505
Bright v Gineste, 284 P (2d) 839, 842 (Cal. App. 1955)
Brooks Aviation, Inc. v Boeing SB-17G, [2005] 240 DLR (4th) 533; 253 FTR 128
Brooks Aviation, Inc. v Boeing SB-17G, [2005] 1 FCR 352, 2004 FC 710 (CanLII), online:
Coverdale v Charlton (1878) 4 Q. B. Div. 104
Chubb Insurance Co. of Canada v Cast line Ltd., [2001] R.R.A. 765
Cossman v West and British America Assurance Company (1887) 30 App. Cas. 160 at 180 PC
Five Steel Barges (1890) 15 P.D. 142
Hener v United States (1981) 525 F. Supp. 350, 354 (S.D.N.Y)
Hibbert v McKiernan [1948] 2 KB 142
Manning v Boston Insurance (1962), 34 D.L.R. (2d) 140 (P.E.I. S.C)
Moffat v Kazana [1969] 2 QB 152
Pierce v Bemis (The Lusitania) (1986) Q.B. 348
Reg v Bjornsen (1865) 12 TR 473
Sir Henry Constable’s Case (1600) 5 Co. Rep. 106a 77 E.R. 218, p219f
Strauch v Coastal State Crude Gathering Co., 424 S.W. 2d 677
The Antipolis 1990 (1) SA 751 (SCA)
The Aquila (1798) 1 C. Rob. 37
The Coromandel (1857) Swab. 205
The Cosmopolitan (1848) 6 Not. of Cas. Supply. xvii, xx-xxviii
The Gertrude (1861) 30 L. J. Adm. 130
The Heemskerk (1941) 70 L1 .L. Rep. 3
The Pergo (1987) 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 582
The Perla (1857) Swab. 230
The Port Hunter (1934) 6 F. Supp. 1009, 1011
The King v Forty nine Casks of Brandy, 3 Hagg. 257 (1836)
The Zeta (1875) L. R. 4 A. & E. 460
Warder v La Belle Creole [Case No. 17, 165]
Wiggins v 1100 Tons, More or Less, of Italian Marbles (1960) 186 F. Supp. 452 (E.D. Va. 1960)
An Exposé of Canadian “Abandoned Vessels &. . .
373