Aviation Law generally includes regulatory work and liability work which may be described as follows: regulatory work involves aircraft safety standards, certification, licensing and regulation; interpretation and application of Canadian bilateral air transport agreements; interpretation and application of multilateral international aviation conventions and agreements in respect of many areas, such as liability, immigration, taxation of aviation fuel, customs and duties and excise taxes, airport user fees and charges, aviation safety and security; cabotage air transportation and its international and domestic implications; slot allocation schemes and other airport infrastructure restrictions; international air route allocation; domestic and international aspects of aircraft accident investigation; and relations with the International Civil Aviation Organization and its Member States. Liability work includes representing plaintiffs, airlines, product manufacturers, product designers and/or aviation insurers in civil litigation (under domestic law and under international aviation law conventions) arising from air crashes; and representing airlines, governments and other parties before commissions of inquiry and coroners' inquests into aircraft accidents.
For purposes of Aviation Finance, reference may be made to the ASSET/EQUIPMENT FINANCE AND LEASING Section of the Directory.