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That question was answered by the Superior Court in Droit de la famille — 2260, 2022 QCCS 136, a decision of January 18, 2022. The fact that the case was a family law dispute influenced the Court’s approach. Separating parents were arguing about custody and parenting time for their three-year-old daughter. At the hearing, the […]

The Court of Appeal recently ruled on an issue that had been causing a clash of long-established principles in labour relations in Quebec: the exclusion of managers from the application of the Labour Code, and therefore, the prohibition of unionization. For the longest time, junior managers have been considered as representatives of upper management: their […]

This paper was written under a partnership with the Montreal Association of Insurance Women. In 2018, the legislature incorporated new provisions into the Civil Code of Quebec to regulate insurance in matters of divided co-ownerships. One of these is article 1075.1 CCQ, which now prevents the insurer from being subrogated into the rights of the […]

On January 24, 2022, in 9104-2523 Québec inc.c. Syndicat des copropriétaires du 5701 de Normanville, 2022 QCCA 95, the Court of Appeal of Quebec affirmed a judgment that awarded $53,452.04 to syndicates of co-owners for the damages suffered by co-owners. The appellant is the builder of five buildings with residential units and shared parking spaces […]

The Court of Appeal of Quebec has rendered a very important decision just before the holidays in Michael Bruni Transport Inc.c. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2021 QCCA 1979, reversing a decision of the Superior Court  (2018 QCCS 3520) and ordering the insurer to compensate its insured for the theft of its truck. This judgment […]

Only available in French Depuis 2001, les M.R.C. peuvent requérir de la Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec (« CPTAQ ») qu’elle détermine dans quels cas et à quelles conditions la nouvelle utilisation à des fins résidentielles pourrait être implantée en zone agricole. Plusieurs M.R.C. ont obtenu de telles autorisations à portée collective. Cependant, les […]

On December 17, 2021, the Court of Appeal of Quebec released a decision relating to the scope of coverage of damage to equipment comprised of several parts under a commercial property insurance policy in Intact compagnie d’assurance c. 9004-9693 Québec inc., 2021 QCCA 1901. The appeal gave the Court another opportunity to deal with the […]

Only available in French Le 5 novembre 2021, a été modifié par le projet de Loi 49, entre autres, la Loi sur l’éthique et la déontologie en matière municipale (R.L.R.Q. chap. E-15.1.0.1). L’article 35 de cette loi prévoyait, avant modification, que la Commission municipale du Québec diffuse sur le site Internet de celle-ci une liste […]

Can an employer, a service provider, require proof of vaccination from its employees when its customer requires that all persons accessing its establishment be adequately vaccinated against COVID-19? What happens to employees who are not vaccinated and are denied access to the workplace by that customer? Arbitrator Denis Nadeau seems to have been the first […]

Since the Supreme Court ruling in Rubis v. Gray Rocks Inn Ltd., 1982 CanLII 17 (SCC), [1982] 1 SCR 452, in 1982, personal injury claims have largely been determined on the basis of the concept of “trap”. Essentially, a trap is defined by the case law as a situation that has an inherent danger, which […]