Maude Gaulin, CIP

Lawyer

Expertise

Insurance Law

Language

English, French

Office

Montréal

 

Maude Gaulin is a lawyer in our Insurance Law group. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, primarily in construction law, as well as contractual and non-contractual civil liability.

In 2024, Maude graduated from the Chartered Insurance Professional program, earning her CIP designation.

Before joining RSS, she represented several general contractors, subcontractors, and an insurer before various judicial bodies. She has notably developed an expertise in hidden defects, construction defects, and manufacturer’s liability.


Representative files and mandates

• Represented a general contractor following the termination of their contract
• Represented a buyer in a title transfer action
• Represented buyers seeking to resolve a sale due to the seller’s failure to deliver



Associations

  • Member of the Insurance Institute of Canada – Institut d’assurance de dommage du Québec (2020–present)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Espoir, a mental health intervention service (2019–2020)
  • Member of the Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec (2015–2018)


Bulletins

Same Approach, Same Result…

June 16, 2025

In a recent decision, Michel Grenier v. Me Julie Charbonneau, Roger Picard and Conseil de discipline de l’Ordre des psychologues du Québec, rendered on June 4, 2025, the Superior Court revisited the principles applicable to the immunity of members of a professional order’s disciplinary council to rule on a Motion to Dismiss. The delay to […]

When Water Rules Out Any Possibility of Compensation

December 16, 2024

The Superior Court recently ruled on the interpretation of an exclusion clause for damages resulting from a flood, in Gestion Michel Bernard inc. v. Promutuel Chaudière-Appalaches, Société mutuelle d’assurance générale[1]. Summary of the Facts The Plaintiffs are the owners of a building located in Beauceville and the operators of a restaurant located in that building. […]

Did You Buy At Your Own Risk?

July 26, 2024

In the recent decision Tremblay v. Immeubles Perron Ltée, 2024 QCCA 719, the Court of Appeal underlined the impact of a purchase “at one’s own risk”. The Facts A series of real estate transactions set the stage for the analysis of successive warranties. In March 2003, Immeubles Perron sold parts of a lot to Régis, […]

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Education

Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) program

Insurance Institute of Canada

June 2024

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

Université de Sherbrooke

2015


Call to Bar

Quebec

2016