Béatrice D’Anjou

Lawyer

Expertise

Insurance Law

Language

English, French

Office

Montréal

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Béatrice D’Anjou is a lawyer in our Insurance Law Group, where she is developing a practice focused on complex litigation, insurance coverage, cyberattacks, and emerging issues related to artificial intelligence. She regularly appears before the Quebec Superior Court and the Court of Appeal, bringing a rigorous, strategic and well-informed approach to every case.

Béatrice represents entrepreneurs, vendors, manufacturers, property owners, municipalities, insurance companies, condominium syndicates, homeowners’ associations, directors, and officers in matters involving a wide range of issues, including construction and manufacturing defects, bodily injury, civil and professional liability, and municipal law.

She is also deeply involved in training the next generation of legal professionals and has served as a mentor to students and articling students at the firm for over four years.

Before beginning her legal career, Béatrice earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications with a specialization in Public Relations from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She then worked in both private agencies and non-profit organizations, where she developed strong skills in communication, writing, and persuasion—assets she now brings to her legal practice.


Representative files and mandates

  • Perumalsamy v. Longueuil Réfrigération Plumbing & Heating Inc., 2023 QCCA 376: Obtained the dismissal of a claim worth several hundred thousand dollars due to failure to register, which was upheld on appeal

  • Perez Lopez v. Ville de Montréal, 2022 QCCQ 5636: Successfully defended a municipality in a civil liability case

  • Perrotta v. Hydro-Québec, 2022 QCCS 1125: Obtained the dismissal of a Wellington motion against an insurer

  • Sécurité Nationale v. Bel Bro Inc., 2022 QCCS 723: Obtained the dismissal of a subrogated claim on the basis of an ex gratia payment



Honours

Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for Insurance Law (2025–present)



Bulletins

If it is Excluded, No Obligation to Defend Rules the Court of Appeal

July 23, 2025

The Québec Court of Appeal has just issued an important decision for the insurance industry: Intact Insurance Company v. Hydromec Inc., 2025 QCCA 803, overturning a Wellington-type order that had been granted at first instance. A quick reminder: a Wellington motion allows an insured to compel their insurer to take up their defense as soon […]

Rain or Shine: Perhaps Not Between Insurers and Insureds

July 23, 2025

Human activity has been clearly identified as the main cause behind the rapid rise in greenhouse gas emissions, which in turn is the leading cause of climate change1. Although the Paris Agreement, adopted by 196 countries, including Canada—sought to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, scientists now agree that this target […]

Back to Basics: The Importance of Subrogation Clauses in Releases

May 9, 2022

On March 2, 2022, the Hon. Lukasz Granosik of the Superior Court dismissed a subrogation claim by Sécurité Nationale compagnie d’assurance based on the absence of legal and conventional subrogation: Sécurité Nationale compagnie d’assurance c. Bel Bro inc., 2022 QCCS 723. The Context The plaintiff, Sécurité Nationale, an insurer, was suing a general contractor for […]

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Publications and Conferences

  • Les conséquences juridiques et l’impact des changements climatiques sur l’industrie de l’assurance, Conference, June 19 2025
  • « Entre promesses et dérives: réflexion sur les multiples facettes de l’intelligence artificielle dans l’industrie de l’assurance », Conference, June 19 2024
  • Dossiers de préjudice corporel : comment monter un dossier gagnant et peu coûteux, Conference presented several times in 2024


Community Involvement

  • RSS au féminin (2018–present)
  • Research and Innovation Chair in Natural Resources and Energy Law for Goldcorp (2016–2018)
  • Model United Nations (2016–2017)
  • Pro Bono Students Canada (2015–2017)


Education

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

Laval University

2018

Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law

Birmingham University

2017

Bachelor of Public Relations (B.A.)

Université du Québec à Montréal

2014

Exchange Semester

Stendhal University (Grenoble III)

2014


Call to Bar

Quebec

2019