Anaïs Kadian

Litigation in Estates, Wills and Trusts

• Representing beneficiaries of trusts in applications to terminate and modify trusts, replace trustees, and order the distribution of assets
• Representing estate heirs in applications to annul a will on the grounds of incapacity and undue influence
• Representing estate heirs and obtained the nullity of a will and marriage (establishing a precedent in Quebec) given the testator’s incapacity, as well as the payment of moral damages and legal fees for abuse of procedure Droit de la famille — 21535, 2021 QCCS 1305
• Representing an institutional liquidator of an interprovincial estate in an application for the probate and for the interpretation of wills
• Representing heirs in applications for safeguard orders to appoint provisional estate liquidators
• Representing heirs of an estate in the context of renunciations to inheritances
• Representing clients requesting the homologation of protection mandates and the institution of tutorship regimes

Civil and Commercial Litigation

• Representing a company in injunction and contempt of court proceedings to halt the publication of defamatory statements published online
• Representing clients and shareholders in claims for breach of commercial contracts, actions on account, and oppression actions
• Representing a placement agency for employees and obtained payment for services rendered
• Obtaining the personal condemnation of a guarantor for the non-payment of supplies purchased by their company
• Obtaining the dismissal of an action on account brought against the executive director of a non-profit organization 
• Defending a company owning a former quarry being sued for loss of profits

Litigation in Real Estate, Co-Ownership, and Construction Files

• Representing co-ownership syndicates in proceedings for construction defects affecting their buildings and the registration of legal hypothecs
• Representing general contractors in actions brought by subcontractors claiming damages for delays, construction defects, and breach of contract in governmental construction projects
• Representing a contractor and obtained the surrender and judicial sale of a property encumbered by a construction hypothec
• Representing clients in a hidden defects case and obtained judgment in first instance and on appeal ordering the seller to reimburse the cost of repairs
• Representing landlords and tenants in commercial lease disputes, litigation for arrears of rent, eviction, illegal subletting, lease termination, and repossession

Class Actions

• Representing consumers and obtained damages from Meubles Léon Ltd. for violations of the Consumer Protection Act Consommateurs c. Meubles Léon ltée, 2017 QCCS 3526 
• Representing plaintiffs in an application for the authorization of a class action against a construction materials recycling company for the pollution of neighbouring properties
• Representing a group of investors alleging to have been victims of a Ponzi scheme and managed the distribution campaign of a class action settlement amounting to approximately $43 million
• Representing a consumer group in the implementation of a national marketing plan ($1 million) for the distribution of the settlement of a competition law class action valued at $38 million

• Member of the Executive Committee of the Wills, Estates, and Trusts Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Armenian Bar Association, Montreal Chapter
• Member of the Quebec Bar

• Speaker, “Construction defects and poor workmanship: solutions and best practices”, Conference for the RGCQ Co-ownership Syndicates Association, February 24 and March 4, 2025
• Speaker, “The Legal Hypothec of a Syndicate of Co-Owners” Conference for property managers, September 2024
• Speaker, “Between Autonomy and Protection: New Protection Measures for Vulnerable Persons,” Continuing education conference at LCM Attorneys Inc., April 2024
• Kadian and E. Kokmanian, “Canada: Human Rights Champion or Pawn to Autocratic Regimes in the Global Arms Trade? Response to the “Final report: Review of export permits to Turkey”, Brief submitted to the Canadian Parliament Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 4, 2021
• Kadian and al., “The Case for Canada’s Recognition of the Republic of Artsakh as a Measure of the Responsibility to Protect”, Armenian Bar Association, November 25, 2020
• Research assistant for Professor Madeleine Cantin Cumyn in the preparation of the book: Madeleine Cantin Cumyn et Michelle Cumyn, L’administration du bien d’autrui, 2ed., Cownsville, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2014

• Guest speaker at the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Commons addressing Canada’s Sanctions Regime in response to human rights violations against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh (2023)
• McGill Legal Information Clinic
  • Member of the Board of Directors (2010–2020)
  • Executive Director (2010-2011)
• Guest lecturer, Legal Research and Drafting, McGill University, Anatomy of a Murder Trial taught by the Honorable Judge Carol Cohen (2014–2021)