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October 12, 2017
Fasken Martineau adds Montreal-based counsel
Jean H. Gagnon is the latest member of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP's litigation and dispute resolution practice.
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September 07, 2017
Litigator Lefebvre joins Langlois
Langois lawyers has added a new partner to its roster.
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September 06, 2017
Rudner opens new employment law firm
Lawyer and author Stuart Rudner has opened a new firm.
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July 27, 2017
Richter new partner with Torys in Montreal
Christopher Richter has joined Torys as a partner in the firm's Montreal office.
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July 27, 2017
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS - Doctors - Remuneration and professional fees - Administrative agreement
Appeal by the Attorney General of Quebec from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal affirming a decision allowing the respondent’s application for judicial review of a decision of the council of arbitration.
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July 05, 2017
Why do family law cases settle when they do?
More than 99 per cent of family law cases settle without a trial. The majority settle prior to the commencement of any litigation. Since most family law clients enter the process seeking an early settlement of the case, it is worth considering why more cases do not settle without the need for intervention of a third party in the form of a mediator or a court.
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June 30, 2017
Don’t overlook the arbitration solution to commercial court delays
Given the current crisis in commercial court delays, the time has come for counsel and parties to consider arbitration in all tort, family and other disputes that will likely go to trial and that are ready for early resolution.
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June 26, 2017
Justice minister appoints two new judges to Quebec's Superior Court
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced on June 23 the appointment of two new judges to Quebec's Superior Court. Sitting judges will fill four vacancies on the Superior Court and the Quebec Court of Appeal.
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June 23, 2017
McCarthy's Doust honoured for criminal, commercial law work
Leonard Doust, associate counsel in McCarthy Tétrault’s litigation group, received special honours for 50 years of practice and outstanding contributions to the criminal law profession at the Canadian Bar Association's Vancouver Criminal Law Subsection annual dinner on June 22.
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June 22, 2017
SCC revisits standards of review, appeals of arbitration awards
The Supreme Court has shed more light on when commercial arbitral awards can be appealed in an important judgment that also provides general guidance on how to determine the standard of review in all types of civil cases.