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Québec’s Workers’ Compensation Tribunal, the Commission des lésions professionnelles, (the “Commission”) recently struck a panel of three commissioners in order to resolve conflicting decisions on the application of section 327(1) of the Act respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases (the “Act”) concerning the imputation of certain costs. The commissioners have now rendered their decision: when a worker experiences one or more complications from treatment received for an occupational injury or disease, the employer can request that the costs associated with such a complication be transferred to all employers, on one condition…

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The first snowflakes have fallen. The stores are filled with Christmas decorations, and carols are playing on the radio … All the signs are there – the office Christmas party is fast approaching!

Despite the festive and casual nature of an office Christmas party, employers need to be on their guard, as many troublesome situations can arise at such an event.

You are no doubt familiar with the term “unanimous shareholder agreement”. But you may be under the impression that it is simply an alternate version of the term “shareholder agreement”. Far from it – it is a very different type of instrument.

On October 21, 2014, the Court of Appeal of Quebec rendered an important judgment in the matter of the bankruptcy of Sylvain Girard (500-09-024077-133) that will have a decisive impact in the handling of bankruptcy cases involving the tax authorities, namely the Agence du revenu du Québec (“ARQ”) and the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”).

On September 30, 2104, the Minister of Justice introduced Bill n°14: An Act to amend the Code of Civil Procedure and other provisions seeking principally to increase the ceiling of the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Division of the Court of Quebec from $7,000 to $15,000, and diminishing accordingly the jurisdiction of the Court of Quebec.