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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 […]

After missing the net on his first attempt, the Minister of Finance has scored a goal with his second effort at drafting regulations identifying liability insurance contracts that are exempt from Quebec’s public order “defence in addition to limits” requirement. Overview On May 5, 2022, a revised, long-overdue regulation [Regulation][1] will come into force that […]

This text is only available in French. En février dernier, la Commission municipale du Québec a rendu une décision concernant des manquements déontologiques reprochés à une conseillère municipale qui est aussi directrice de la seule quincaillerie implantée sur le territoire de la Ville: (Re) Demande d’enquête en éthique et déontologie concernant l’élue Cindy Vignola, 2022 […]

On April 13, 2022, in Globe technologie inc. c. Rochette, 2022 QCCA 524, the Court of Appeal confirmed a judgment obtained by RSS before the Court of Quebec dismissing an action at the preliminary stage based on the notion of res judicata. The Court of Appeal maintained the position defended by RSS and concluded that […]

On March 10, 2022, the Honourable Bernard Jolin of the Superior Court rendered a judgment dismissing three Wellington applications filed by Hydro-Québec against Lloyd’s Underwriters [Lloyd’s]: Perrotta c. Hydro-Québec, 2022 QCCS 1125. Context and Hydro-Québec’s Arguments In 2014, Hydro-Québec had retained the services of Transelec Common inc. [TCI] as a general contractor to perform certain […]

Only available in French En matière pénale, la majorité des tribunaux suivaient la jurisprudence dominante à l’effet que lorsqu’un avis d’infraction était émis contre un contrevenant lui demandant de régulariser une situation dans le délai imparti à l’avis, il ne pouvait, règle générale, y avoir de constat d’infraction d’émis pour le motif qu’un délai était […]

On January 12, 2022, in Crooks c. Nguyen, 2022 QCCS 55, the Superior Court awarded a $115,000 reduction of the purchase price and granted $14,600 in moral damages to the buyers of a house affected by several defects. This case reminds us of several important points on the seller’s warranty of quality. The claim relates […]

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 […]