What is the dual role of owner-master of a pleasure vessel?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Holm v. Underwriters Through T. W. Rice & Co. Inc., 1981 CanLII 279 (BC SC):
The dual role of owner-master of a pleasure vessel was considered in this Court in Walithy Charters Ltd. et al v. Doig; City of Vancouver et al., Third Parties (1980), 15 B.C.L.R. 45, in the context of ss. 647 and 649 of the Canada Shipping Act. These sections limit the liability to third parties of “any person acting in the capacity of master” whether or not the damage has resulted from “his actual fault or privity”, but only limit the liability of the owner if the damage has occurred “without his actual fault or privity”.
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