Civil and Commercial Litigation

RSS is pleased to have two new lawyers within its ranks: Samuel St-Jean focuses his practice on construction law, real estate, and business law. His knowledge of the construction industry comes from his professional involvement with a construction company. Samuel was called to the Bar in 2017. A member of the Bar since 2018, Maryam […]

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RSS’S Commercial Litigation Group is happy to welcome Gabriel Gibeau, who was just called to the Bar after articling with us. “Ever since he came on board, Gabriel has already demonstrated that he has the necessary qualities to succeed as a pleader before the courts”, explains team leader Jean-Pierre Sheppard. “The members of the group […]

Jean-Pierre Sheppard and Lauren Flam, of our Commercial Litigation Department, obtained an interim injunction yesterday to force a defendant who was defaming a company to cease and desist. The Court held that the unfounded accusations of financial impropriety and alleged product quality problems were being circulated in bad faith with the purpose of causing harm […]

Martin Côté will be presenting the webinar “Tout ce que vous devez savoir relativement au secret professionnel de l’avocat en entreprise et au privilège relatif au litige” (Everything you must know on solicitor-client privilege for in-house counsel, and on litigation privilege), broadcast on Wednesday, June 17, from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. This activity, hosted by […]

The Quebec courts, including the Superior Court, Commercial Division, District of Montreal, declared that they were resuming their activities in progressive fashion as of Monday, June 1. This morning, June 1, Jean-Pierre Sheppard and Lauren Flam, from our Commercial Litigation Team, attended court on behalf of a shareholder involved in a dispute within a family […]

The Bar of Montreal will be hosting a continuing education activity on Wednesday, February 26, featuring two RSS lawyers commenting on two decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada: Claude-Armand Sheppard, Ad. E., who will be speaking on Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. v. Hydro‑Québec, 2018 SCC 46 (CanLII), [2018] 3 SCR 101; and Katherine Delage, […]

This week, the Quebec Bar is offering an important continuing education activity where numerous topics will be discussed. On Thursday, February 13, Martin Côté will be taking part in this session, presenting a lecture on “Poursuites-bâillons — Où en sommes-nous dix ans après l’entrée en vigueur des dispositions du Code de procédure civile visant à contrer […]

The hard work and experience of RSS’s litigators continue to yield positive results. Yesterday, the Superior Court dismissed at the preliminary stage a $325,000 claim filed by a teacher against his employer, John Abbott College. The plaintiff was alleging having been targeted by illegal disciplinary measures, defamation, discrimination and psychological harassment by the college. The […]

On Tuesday, January 15, Martin Côté will be conducting a Webinar training session on the theme of “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation: Where do we stand ten years after the coming into force of the provisions in the Code of Civil Procedure preventing such lawsuits?” This activity will allow lawyers to be updated on the […]