Catherine Bourget
Lawyer, Partner - Quebec City
Catherine Bourget is a partner in the Quebec City office of Langlois Lawyers. She practices primarily in the litigation group in matters involving insurance law and civil and professional liability, and represents professionals, insurers, companies and various stakeholders in the construction industry before all levels of the courts in Quebec.
Over the years Catherine has also acquired experience in corporate governance, particularly in the insurance field. Her practice also involves access-to-information matters.
Catherine is actively involved in the legal community and has published articles dealing with insurance law and civil and professional liability.
Education
LL.B., Université Laval, 2013
International Profile: Semester of European law studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
Rankings & Recognitions
Honour Roll of Université Laval’s faculty of law, 2013
Areas of Practice
Industries
Representative Work
Was part of the team which successfully represented an insurer in an arbitration seeking to recover sums owed by a reinsurer.
Successfully defended an insurer and its insured against a personal-injury lawsuit seeking more than $2 million in damages for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Publications
Articles
- 2022 – Changes in the duty to defend under Quebec insurance law: New regulation passed by the government!
- 2021 – Amendments to article 2503 C.C.Q.: revolutionizing insurance in Quebec
- 2018 – The Common Interest Privilege: an Unsung Ally
- 2018 – Can Publishing a Review on Social Media Be Defamatory?
- 2016 – Skiing Accidents: Is There Always Someone Responsible?
- 2016 – A Recent Superior Court Decision Saves an Insurer’s Subrogatory Action
News
Other Publications
2021 – “La pluralité des polices d’assurance : quel est le chemin parcouru depuis l’arrêt Family Insurance c. Lombard du Canada, [2002] 2 R.C.S. 695?” (Overlapping insurance policies: surveying the progress since Family Insurance v. Lombard du Canada, [2002] 2 R.C.S. 695), Développements récents en droit des assurances (2021), vol. 505, Barreau du Québec Ongoing education programme, co-authored with Laurence Gauthier.
2020 – “Commentaire sur la décision Anderson c. Intact, compagnie d’assurances – L’importance de l’obligation de collaboration de l’assuré réaffirmée” (Commentary on the decision in Anderson v. Intact – The importance of the insured’s obligation to cooperate reaffirmed), co-authored with Élisabeth Lachance, Repères, EYB2020REP2977, April 2020 (PDF in French only).
2019 – “Commentaire sur la décision Murray c. 9197-5748 Québec inc. – La Cour supérieure se penche sur une requête en désaveu et interprète la notion de piège dans le contexte d’un vol en hélicoptère : leçons à tirer” (Case comment on Murray v. 9197-5748 Québec Inc. – In its decision on a disavowal motion, the Superior Court interprets the concept of a trap in the context of a helicopter flight: lessons to be learned) co-authored with Véronique Roy, Repères, EYB2019REP2723, April 2019.
2019 – “Commentaire sur la décision 3091-5177 Québec inc. (Éconolodge Aéroport) c. Cie canadienne d’assurances générales Lombard – La détermination de la garde juridique aux fins d’application de l’exclusion ‘garde, direction ou gestion’ en matière d’assurance responsabilité civile” (Case comment on 3091-5177 Québec inc. (Éconolodge Aéroport) v. Cie canadienne d’assurances générales Lombard – The determination of legal custody for the purposes of applying the care, custody or control exclusion in civil liability insurance matters), Repères, EYB2019REP2633, January 2019.
2018 – “Chronique – Le privilège d’intérêt commun et la reconnaissance de ce privilège par les tribunaux québécois et canadiens” (The common interest privilege and its recognition by Quebec and Canadian courts) co-authored with Charles Lapointe, Repères, EYB2018REP2471, May 2018.
2017 – “Commentaire sur la décision Federal Construction inc. c. Congregation Kol Yaacov – Signification et lieu public consacré au culte : interprétation et réflexions” (Case comment on Federal Construction Inc. v. Congregation Kol Yaacov: service of proceedings in a public space dedicated to religious worship), co-authored with Joanie Proteau, Repères, EYB2017REP2244, Montréal, June 2017.
2016 – “Commentaire sur la décision Lessard c. Centre de plein air du mont Kanasuta inc. – Accident de ski et principes applicables” (Case comment on Lessard v. Centre de plein air du mont Kanasuta Inc. – Ski accidents and applicable principles), co-authored with Samuel Gagnon, Repères, EYB2016REP2079, Montréal, November 2016.
2016 – “Commentaire sur la décision Compagnie d’assurances Chartis c. SCE Électrique inc. – Le défaut de collaboration de l’assuré n’affecte pas le recours subrogatoire de son assureur” (Case comment on Compagnie d’assurances Chartis v. SCE Électrique Inc. – the insured’s failure to cooperate does not affect the subrogatory right of action of the insured), co-authored with Renée-Maude Vachon-Therrien, Repères, EYB2016REP1982, Montréal, July 2016.
2015 – Participated in drafting an article “La portée de l’obligation de bonne foi de l’assureur dans le traitement des réclamations” (The extent of the insurer’s obligation to act in good faith when handling claims) by Valérie Lemaire and Renée-Maude Vachon-Therrien, Assurance de dommages – Deuxième Colloque, Éditions Yvon Blais, volume 22, 2015 (La Collection Blais).
2014 – Helped draft an article “Décisions récentes en matière d’acceptation des risques et de clauses d’exonération de responsabilité” (Recent Court Decisions Involving Risk Acceptance and Liability Exclusion Clauses), published by Éditions Yvon Blais in June 2014.
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