Specialists in admiralty, maritime, and transportation law


Boats, Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC
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ships at night
ships at dockside
ship silhouettes at sunset

ABOUT OUR FIRM

Bromley Chapelski was established in 1998 focusing its practice on all aspects of admiralty and maritime law, transportation law and related insurance matters including:
  1. Cargo claims
  2. Hull claims
  3. P&I defence matters
  4. Enforcement of maritime liens, foreign judgments and claims
  5. Collisions
  6. Pollution
  7. Salvage
  8. Regulatory matters
  9. Charterparty disputes
  10. Marine insurance
  11. Vessel purchase and finance
  12. Sistership arrest
  13. Passenger injury claims
  14. Inland transportation matters
  15. Warehousing and air carriage claims

Our clients include marine cargo, hull and liability insurers, P&I Clubs, charterers, freight forwarders, tug and tow boat companies, passenger vessel owners, harbours and marinas, and ship repairers and suppliers.

In 2005, Canadian Lawyer magazine recognized our firm as one of the top five admiralty and transportation boutique law firms in Canada.

Our lawyers have handled cases in the Federal Court of Canada, the British Columbia Courts, the Alberta Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as in mediations and arbitrations.

We can arrest ships quickly, enforce maritime liens, arrange ship’s mortgages, draft contracts of affreightment, litigate, mediate, arbitrate, and negotiate effective settlements.

We are committed to keeping our clients informed of new developments in the law, and our lawyers frequently make presentations and write papers for maritime and insurance related organizations and publications.

Our clients require cost effective solutions in a timely manner. We assist them in finding pragmatic solutions that best meet their business objectives.


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