16-yard hit

In the Gulf of St. Lawrence; east of the municipality of Havre-Saint-Pierre, Courtemanche Township (in latitude approximately 50°12′N and in longitude approximately 63°13′W); all this parcel of land including the islands, islets and rocks known as Île Perroquets, Saint-Charles and Île au Bois, as well as a 500-metre zone around all these islands, islets and rocks and all the water therein; except for places where firm land is less than 500 metres from the boundary of the sanctuary, this boundary then being midway between the islands, islets and rocks and the firm land (Île à la Chasse is considered part of the firm land); the whole a ...[+++]s shown on a plan prepared by the Real Estate Services of the Department of Public Works Canada, number MM-82-5384.

where h denotes the depth measured in metres inside the planking or plating, from the keel to the level of the gunwale or a greater depth, as determined in sections 13 and 14, and a, b, c, d and e denote the horizontal breadths of the lifeboat measured in metres inside the planking or plating at the upper and lower points of the depth and at the 3 points obtained by dividing h into 4 equal parts (a and e being the breadths at the extreme points, and c at the middle point of h), the capacity of a square sterned lifeboat being calculated as if the lifeboat had a pointed stern.

Thence northwesterly to a point at latitude 82°03′00″ and longitude 63°01′00″ being approximately 990.5 metres on an approximate azimuth of 231°14′31″ from an unnamed peak having an elevation of about 655 metres at approximate latitude 82°03′ and approximate longitude 62°58′;

Although not directly within the scope of the terms of reference, the Common Law Team considered other possible solutions to the " serious liability problems being encountered by professional defendants" (63) These were compulsory insurance shemes, contractual exclusions of liability by professionals and capping professional liability by statute.