Normand Laurendeau

Transportation Law

• Represented the applicant company in Roy livraison spécialisée inc. c. Commission des transports du Québec, a case that led to a precedent-setting decision on the criteria to be declared an operator of heavy vehicles
• Represented numerous carriers in behaviour investigations before the Quebec transportation board
• Launched proceedings that led the coroner’s office to restart an investigation and file a revised report after a fatal road accident involving a transportation company
• Secured the payment of transport charges by a consignee of goods following the shipper’s failure to pay these charges
• Obtained a judgment confirming the validity of a liability limit of $4.41/kg for carriers
• Drafted transportation-related contracts, such as bills of lading, blanket transport agreements, and warehousing and brokerage service agreements
• Defended carriers against charges under the Highway Safety Code

General Litigation

• Involved in a claim for restitution of sums defrauded from a transport company by its regional manager with a preliminary seizure before judgment
• Involved in proceedings related to all aspects of legal hypothecs, such as hypothecary actions and sales under judicial authority, up to the distribution of the proceeds among creditors
• Represented contractors in claims for extra works
• Involved in proceedings to declare the validity of a major donation of money by a donor who was terminally ill
• Conducted judicial verifications of holograph wills and wills made in the presence of witnesses
• Challenged a refusal of a request for withdrawal from a multi-employer pension plan under the Supplemental Pension Plans Act

• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Transport Lawyers Association:
  • Member
  • Member of the organizing committee for the association’s 2004 conference
• Transportation Lawyers Association