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Mr. Bernard's practice includes
all aspects of maritime law including collision, salvage, oil
pollution, marine insurance, cargo and passenger carriage as
well as commercial matters such as purchases, sales and financing
of vessels. Peter's representation is of international deepsea
and coastal vessel owners and charterers along with hull and
P.& I. underwriters. Peter's practice has included litigation
in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Federal Court of
Canada at trial and appellant levels as well as in arbitration
as counsel and arbitrator. |
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Founding Partner, Bernard & Partners,
2002 to Present |
Senior Partner, Campney & Murphy,
1982 to 2002 |
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Appointed Queen's Counsel, January 2001 |
Past Chairperson, Maritime Subsection of British Columbia
Branch of Canadian Bar Association |
Past Chairperson, Maritime Section of Canadian Bar
Association |
Past Director, Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association |
Past member of Executive Committee and Vice-President
of Canadian Maritime Law Association |
Director, International Maritime Centre |
Director, International Sailors Society |
Director, Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia |
Director, Vancouver Maritime Museum |
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Contributor of articles to Maritime
Law Notes column in Harbour & Shipping magazine published monthly
in Vancouver, 1979 - 2000 |
Paper given on Transborder Pollution Issues to Pacific
Admiralty Seminar, San Francisco, October 2000 |
Paper presented December 1995
to Judges of Federal Court and Canadian Maritime Law Association
members on Cargo, Salvage and Pollution issues in Maritime Law |
Paper given in Hanoi to various
officials of Maritime Departments of Government of Vietnam on Ship
Source Oil Pollution, 1994 |
Maritime Law Conference paper on Contingency Planning
for Ship Source Oil Pollution, 1994 |
Asia Pacific Institute - Chairperson
and presented paper entitled "Resolution of Disputes and Remedies",
1991 |
Fisheries Law Conference - paper on Fisheries, Licensing
and Ministerial Discretion, 1991 |
Third International Maritime Law
Conference -
paper on Liabilities of Agents, 1986 |
Pacific Northwest Admiralty Law Institute, Portland,
Oregon - paper on Marine Casualty Inquiry, 1983 |
Paper on Marine Arbitration in
British Columbia given to Annual Meeting Maritime Law Section in
Montreal, 1980 |
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Conducted and participated in panel discussions on
various Maritime Law subjects presented for: |
• Chamber of Shipping of
British Columbia Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
• Chartered Institute of Shipbrokers• Port Managers and Harbour
Masters Association
• Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association
• Lectured at University of British Columbia
Law School Maritime Law course on Salvage, Pollution, Carriage, etc. |
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Oceans Limited Seminar, Simon Fraser University at
Harbour Centre, November 1998 |
Conducted Seminar entitled "The Maritime World
is Changing", 1997 |
Member of panel for British Columbia Department of
Environment Seminar on Oil Pollution Prevention, 1995 |
Co-Chairperson International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators,
1991 |
Chairperson International Conference on Maritime Arbitration,
1988 |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Fisheries Law,
1985 |
Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Practice in the
Federal Court, 1977 |
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Called to British Columbia Bar, 1967 |
University of British Columbia, LL.B., 1966 |
University of British Columbia, B.A., 1963 |
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