Corcovado Yacht Charters Ltd v Foreshore Projects Ltd -Federal Court (Trial Div)(Hargrave P) - 9 February 1998

Jurisdiction - Yacht charterers bringing proceedings relating to non-renewal of lease of their business premises - Whether action founded on Canadian maritime law

The plaintiff operated a tackle shop, fishing charter booking centre and fishing charter operation from a building in part built on piling at Granville Island, in False Creek, a part of Vancouver Island. The plaintiff claimed that its landlord wrongfully refused to renew its lease, and it claimed injunctive and declaratory relief in the Federal Court. The defendant applied for a stay on the ground of want of jurisdiction.