Maritime law
We can assist in resolving all issues that involve maritime issues. We understand the industry and are well placed to advise on vessel and shipwrecks, marine enquiries, pollution incidents and the like.
Legal obligations on all masters and skippers
On Anzac Day 2007 two children aged eight and five tragically drowned when their family boat sank near Shag Island in the Hauraki Gulf.
Maritime New Zealand has charged the children’s father who was the skipper of the boat at the time of the accident.
The charges are to be defended but relate to a legal obligation on all mariners to ensure that any ship or maritime product is not used in a manner which causes unnecessary danger or risk to any person.