Mr. Patrick Henry is a litigator and a Partner in our Insurance Law Group. His practice focuses on insurance law, civil litigation, civil and professional liability and product liability law.
Mr. Henry has pleaded before all judicial instances and appeal levels including on four occasions before the Supreme Court of Canada. His fields of practice include insurance law, civil litigation, civil and professional liability and product liability law.
Mr. Henry has been and is highly ranked in several peer review-based directories:
- Lexpert
- Consistently Recommended, Litigation — Commercial Insurance
- Repeatedly Recommended, Litigation — Product Liability
- Best Lawyers
- Appearing since 2006
- Lawyer of the Year, Montréal, Insurance Law, 2020
- Lawyer of the Year, Montréal, Product Liability, 2017
- Lawyer of the Year, Montréal, Personal Injury Litigation, 2014
- Lawyer of the Year, Montréal, Legal Malpractice Law, 2012
- Currently (2022 Edition) rated for Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Law
- Benchmark Litigation: Rated as Litigation Star for Insurance and Commercial Litigation since 2012
- Who’s Who Legal Canada: Rated in Insurance & Reinsurance
- Martindale-Hubbell: Rated Distinguished for ethical standards and legal ability
In April 2011, he was the 8th Quebec lawyer, and only the 60th in Canada, to be named Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society established to reflect the new face of the American bar. He was named a Senior Fellow in 2018.
19 January 2023
This culinary specialty of British origin was the focus of a decision of the Superior Court (McKnight v. Promutuel Assurances Boréale, 2020 QCCS 71) confirmed just before Christmas 2022 by the Court of Appeal (Promutuel Assurance Boréale v. McKnight, 2022 QCCA 1735). This decision is interesting with respect to two aspects that we have previously […]
4 March 2022
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 […]
4 February 2022
The Court of Appeal of Quebec has rendered a very important decision just before the holidays in Michael Bruni Transport Inc.c. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2021 QCCA 1979, reversing a decision of the Superior Court (2018 QCCS 3520) and ordering the insurer to compensate its insured for the theft of its truck. This judgment […]
16 June 2022
This webinar was presented on June 16, 2022, as part of our firm’s annual lectures on insurance law. Description Property is stolen in a warehouse while the alarm system, unexplainably, was down. There is a suspect, an employee, but no one has seen him deactivate the alarm system or carry the property. Can we assume […]