Lawyers

Paul D. Mooney Associate

Paul practices maritime law (both local and deep sea), handling cases involving the enforcement of maritime liens, debt collection, vessel arrest and security, carriage of cargo, collision, salvage, bodily injury, and constitutional issues arising in a marine context. Paul also handles a variety of cases involving insurance, health and safety issues, administrative law and general bodily injury claims.

Paul has experience appearing before various levels of Court including the B.C. Provincial Court, B.C. Supreme Court and the Federal Court.

Representative Cases

Salvatierra v. Vancouver (City), 2008 BCSC 537. British Columbia Supreme Court. Subject: Tort; Damages in tort — Personal injury — Special damages (pre-trial pecuniary loss) — Past loss of income — Prospective pecuniary loss — Diminution of earning capacity — Medical evidence.

Nanaimo Harbour Link Corp. v. Abakhan & Associates Inc., 2007 BCSC 109. British Columbia Supreme Court. Subject: Public; Civil Practice and Procedure; Insolvency; Property; Constitutional; Corporate and Commercial — Maritime and admiralty law — Ships — Maritime liens — Miscellaneous - Principles of federal maritime law.

Nanaimo Shipyard Ltd. v. Keith et. al., 2007 BCSC 9. British Columbia Supreme Court. Subject: Shipyard repairs — Civil practice and procedure — Discovery — Discovery of documents — Affidavit of documents — Sufficiency where production objected to — Statement of grounds of privilege.

Professional and Other Affiliations

  • Called to the Bar of British Columbia, 2005
  • Law Society of British Columbia, Member
  • Canadian Bar Association, Member
  • Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch), Maritime Law Section, Secretary (2011 – present)
  • Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch), Insurance Law Association
  • Canadian Maritime Law Association, Member
  • Canadian Defence Lawyers, Member
  • Grunt Club, Member

Author and Speaker

  • Frequent contributor to Harbour and Shipping and BC Shipping magazines from 2005 to present on topical legal issues.
  • Frequent contributor to False Creek Yacht Club newsletter
  • Human Resources Management Association seminar - Drug Testing in the Workplace, Presenter, 2007
  • Human Resources Management Association seminar - Bill C-45: Criminal Liability of Organizations, Presenter, 2006
  • Leaky Building Litigation Update, Continuing Legal Education, Co-author, 2004

Other Interests

Paul’s personal interests include boating, bicycling and cooking.

Paul D. Mooney

Areas of Practice

Education

  • LL.B., University of British Columbia, 2004
  • B.S.S., University of Ottawa, 1992

Publications