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Langlois Lawyers Successfully Represents the Association des gestionnaires des établissements de santé et de services sociaux Before the Superior Court of Quebec

A team of Langlois Lawyers successfully represented the Association des gestionnaires des établissements de santé et de services sociaux [association of managers of healthcare and social services institutions] (“AGESSS”) in connection with a motion for declaratory judgment by the Quebec Superior Court contesting the validity of the Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting certain terms of employment applicable to officers of agencies and health and social services institutions (the “Regulation”) and seeking to have it declared null and of no effect.

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Who Can Sign a Notice of Claim Under the Environment Quality Act?

Jean-Benoît Pouliot, a lawyer at Langlois, recently raised this question before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec (the “ATQ”). In the matter in question1, the ATQ had to decide on the validity of a notice of claim for the direct and indirect costs associated with the issuance of an order to restore premises to their former state2. The notice of claim had been signed by the assistant general director of financial and material resources at the Ministry of Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change.

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