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Mr. Wharton's practice encompasses
all aspects of maritime law as well as aspects of environmental
law relating to the marine environment. Mr. Wharton has been
lead counsel on several collision cases and major marine incidents
involving oil pollution. He has published a number of articles
in the area of maritime law and has lectured for the Law Society's
Continuing Legal Education Program and other educational institutes.
He is an Associate of the Ocean's Institute of Canada and is
on the executive of the Maritime Sub-Section of the Canadian
Bar Association (B.C.) Branch. He is also active in committee
work at the Canadian Maritime Law Association and is presently
working with the Government of Vietnam to bring their Marine
Transportation and Environmental Legislation up to International
standards. He is also currently assisting Vietnam to implement
Admiralty Rules for their Commercial Court. He was an invited
expert at the South China Sea Initiative, First Technical Working
Group, Meeting on Safety of Shipping, Navigation and Communication
in the South China Sea (October 1995 Jakarta, Indonesia) and
the Second TWG in Brunei October 1996. |
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Founding Partner, Bernard & Partners,
2002 - Present |
Partner, Campney & Murphy, 1993
- 2002 |
Associate, Campney & Murphy,
1986 - 1993 |
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Frequently contributed articles to
Harbour & Shipping,
1987 - 1996 |
Project Director - Marine Transportation Component
- Vietnam Canada Ocean Cooperation Project - 1996 |
Co-Chair Maritime Section, Canadian
Bar Association/Commonwealth Law Association Joint Annual Meeting,
Vancouver - 1996 |
Speaker/Advisor at the Second
Technical Working Group Meeting on Safety of Shipping, Navigation
and Communication in the South China Sea held in Brunei, 1996 |
Speaker/Advisor - Resolving Conflicts
in the South China Sea, Technical Working Group on Shipping and
Navigation, Jakarta, Indonesia - 1995 |
Project Director and Chairman
Marine Transportation Law and Policy in Vietnam, Workshop in Hanoi
August 8-11, 1994 funded by the Canadian International Development
Agency - 1994 |
Chairman - Seminar on Maritime Legal Issues for delegates
of Vietnam - Canada Study Tour, 1993 |
Speaker, Legal Issues in Maritime
Law and Practice; Presented to Judges of the federal Court of Canada,
Vancouver - 1993 |
Canadian Maritime Law Association
meeting, Vancouver, B. C. March 27, 1992 Speaker: Sistership Arrest
in Canada |
Speaker - Canadian Bar Association meeting, July/92
Halifax: Quantification of Oil Pollution Claims - 1992 |
Speaker - Certified General Accountants
Annual General Meeting: October/92 Environmental Law (repeated
in Vancouver November/92), 1992 |
Aquaculture Legislation in British
Columbia; A Comparative Legal Analysis, Province of British Columbia
Report ISSN 1183-0352 no. 91-01, 1991 |
Faculty, Fisheries III, Continuing Legal Education
Seminar, Vancouver, May 24, 1991 |
Faculty, Liability for the Transportation
of Goods and Passengers by Sea/Transportation of Dangerous Goods,
Seminar, Asia Pacific Institute, Vancouver, June 5, 1991 |
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Called to the British Columbia Bar, 1986 |
Dalhousie University, LL.B., 1985 |
Dalhousie University M.Sc. (Marine Ecology), 1980 |
Dalhousie University B.Sc. (Honours), 1977 |
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