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| Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) | Canadian Association against impunity v. Anvil Mining Limited | |
In one of the most important decisions ever rendered by the Supreme Court in matters of individual rights and freedoms, the Court declared that it was illegal to prevent individuals from paying for medical services in a context where the public system was not providing a reasonable access to quality care and where it was not using the resources which could be purchased privately. |
In a judgement which will constitute an important precedent, not only in Quebec but in Canada and in the world, Mr Justice Benoit Emery confirmed that the Superior Court of Quebec has jurisdiction to hear a class action in which all of the victims reside in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) |
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| Association for Access to Abortion v. A.G. Quebec | Marcotte v.. Bank of Montreal et al. | |
T & J won a class action on the merits which forced the Quebec government to refund women who had had to pay to obtain access to an abortion in certain clinics in Quebec. |
T & J won this class action on the merits against nine Canadian chartered banks and the Fédération des caisses Desjardins, Quebec's largest credit union, in a trial that lasted three months.. |
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Biondi v. Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal (SCFP, 301) |
Riendeau v. Brault & Martineau Inc. | |
T & J won a class action on the merits which established the liability of Montreal's blue collar workers Union and of the City of Montreal for their combined failure to de-ice the sidewalks of the city center as a result of illegal pressure tactics. |
The Quebec Court of Appeal confirmed a judgement of Mrs Justice Claudine Roy of the Quebec Superior Court which ordered Brault & Martineau to pay $ 2 million in punitive damages for having violated provisions of the Quebec Consumer protection Act on publicity relating to credit.. |
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