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Top court overturns two decisions by Quebec Court of Appeal in the space of a...
In the space of a week, the nation’s top court overruled two decisions by the Quebec Court of Appeal. Last week the Supreme Court of Canada rebuked the appellate court for interpreting legislation...
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Women make up nearly half of the Quebec Bar’s roll
By 2021 more than half of lawyers in Quebec will be women, reveals the latest annual report of Quebec’s legal society. At present, women already make up nearly half of the Bar’s Roll of Order, with...
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Pendulum swings back in favour of issuers in securities class actions
Nearly a year after a handful of decisions seemingly leaned towards a permissive approach in securities class actions for misrepresentations in public disclosure, the pendulum seems to have swung back...
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Judge convicted of first degree murder remains in jail pending a review of...
Retired judge Jacques Delisle, hoping to become the second person in Quebec in thirty years to be released pending an appeal, will have to remain in jail after Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Richard...
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A sad reminder that friendship and business do not always mix
“This case is a sad reminder that friendship and business do not always mix.” So begins a lengthy ruling by Quebec Superior Court Justice Geneviéve Marcotte recounting the sombre saga of a successful...
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Investors delighted but insurers concerned
A ruling that ordered an insurance company to pay $460,000 to a Quebec couple after their financial advisor invested their retirement nest egg in promissory notes in scandal-plagued Montreal financial...
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Class actions against financial institutions raises questions
Quebec’s business and legal community and consumer protection advocates are concerned over the impact of three related class action rulings by the Quebec Court of Appeal, with some fearing that motions...
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Limits placed on the power of Quebec’s securities regulator to impose gag orders
Days before the former head of Canada’s largest engineering firm was formally charged with fraud, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. won a key legal battle against the provincial securities regulator. Continue...
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Canada’s tough stance on dirty money expected to be expensive
New anti-money laundering regulations introduced to demonstrate Canada’s tough stance on dirty money to international authorities will require reporting entities to spend more money, resources, and...
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Tough new anti-corruption laws in the horizon
Canadian companies who paid little heed to anti-bribery compliance can no longer afford to be complacent following proposed amendments that will beef up Canada’s anti-corruption laws and bring it...
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Former lawyer ordered to pay $77,000 in damages
A former lawyer and her companion who made the lives of their neighbours so miserable that they fled to Alberta before even selling their home have been condemned to pay more than $77,000 in damages by...
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Damage control: Too little, too late?
The professional corporations overseeing lawyers and engineers declared recently that they now intend to get even tougher on crooked professionals. Where were they when Quebecers needed them most?...
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Tug of war – Legal developments that could shape the Canadian labour...
When the final tally was counted, the labour movement could be forgiven for heaving a sigh of relief. The Senate this week amended, some say eviscerated, legislation passed by the House of Commons that...
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Quebec court authorizes privacy class action against Apple
A privacy class action suit launched by a software engineer against Apple Inc. and Apple Canada Inc. was granted authorization by Quebec Superior Court late last month. Continue reading »
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Code of Civil Procedure being overhauled
A decade after reforming the Code of Civil Procedure based on the principle of proportionality, Quebec intends to overhaul it once again in order to establish a more rapid, more efficient and less...
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Quebec Court of Appeal provides guidance over Anton Piller orders
Litigants who obtain evidence seized through Anton Piller orders, an extraordinary legal measure granted in exceptional circumstances, do not have an “automatic” right to review the material, according...
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Quebec legal developments to watch in 2014
Law will play a role in shaping events in Quebec this year, and perhaps for years to come. Continue reading »
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New trial ordered in the notorious case of Guy Turcotte
When the Quebec Court of Appeal ordered a new trial in the notorious case of Guy Turcotte, the former cardiologist who was found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder in the 2009 stabbing...
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Quebec companies barred from bidding on public contracts have little chance...
Companies that have been barred from bidding on public contracts stand little chance of obtaining injunctive relief that would temporarily suspend a new law aimed at curbing corruption in the...
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Revenue Quebec condemned to pay $2 million in punitive damages
A Montreal businessman who was forced to shut down his business after Quebec tax authorities mishandled his case was awarded nearly $4 million, including a staggering $2 million in punitive damages,...
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