NOTICE OF AN OPEN MEETING

Canadian Maritime Law Association

L’Association Canadienne de Droit Maritime

ADMIRALTY ATTACHMENTS OF BANK TRANSFERS UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL RULE B:

HOW NEW YORK ATTORNEYS EARN THEIR LIVING.

The Canadian Maritime Law Association will be holding an open meeting on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 in Room 16 at the Faculty of Law of McGill University, 3644 Peel Street in Montreal, commencing at 17:30 hours.

Admiralty attachments existed in the U.K. at the time of the American Revolution. They disappeared shortly thereafter in the U.K. but continue to this day in the U.S. As an aside, recent research has shown that attachments continued to be common in the Vice-Admiralty Court of Quebec and maybe one day they will reappear in Canadian maritime law. Attachments in American maritime law require the defendant to be absent from the jurisdiction. Where an electronic fund transfer (“EFT”) transits a bank in New York City for one virtual nanosecond, it can be attached in such a manner as to force the defendant into the Southern District.

We are delighted to announce that Mr. Peter Drakos, a senior partner with the New York firm Blank Rome (formerly Healy & Baillie) and President of the Connecticut Maritime Association, will be in Montreal on December 6, 2006 to speak about EFT attachments.

We will also have a Montreal banker who will explain when Canadian bank transfers transit New York City and how to avoid attachments. Were cheques really such a bad thing?

The entrance fee is $15.00 and sandwiches and refreshments will be served. Please bring your friends and colleagues.

For catering purposes, please confirm your attendance to Alfred Popp at poppa@igs.net before November 30, 2006.