Areas of Practice
Transportation
- Port
- Trucking
- Bus Lines
- Taxi
- Rail
- Cargo Claims
- Corporate
- Business Labour
- Regulatory
At Owen Bird, our Transportation Practice Group provides comprehensive legal services across all modes of transport: maritime, road, rail, air, and intermodal. We represent clients in the port, shipping, tug and barge, courier, trucking, bus, taxi, rail, warehousing and freight forwarding industries, assisting them with litigation, contractual issues, operations and regulatory compliance.
We handle the full spectrum of transportation and logistics disputes. Our lawyers are experienced in casualties and emergency response, personal injury, passenger claims, cargo claims, warehousing disputes, trucking, rail, aviation and multimodal claims, as well as safety, pollution and environmental matters.
Beyond dispute resolution, we advise on contractual issues, charterparties, asset sales, regulation, licensing, compliance, and commercial transactions, drawing on the firm’s recognized strength in corporate, administrative, employment, and labour law. Our team regularly appears before the Federal and Provincial Courts, regulatory authorities, including the BC Passenger Transportation Board, the Canadian Transportation Agency, the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada, and other transportation focused governmental agencies and tribunals.
Our team provides strategic, industry-focused counsel to help our clients keep their businesses moving.
Owen Bird’s transportation team was recognized as an area of distinction in the Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Best Law Firms – 2026.