Richard R. Provost
Lawyer, Partner, Arbitrator - Montréal
Richard R. Provost
Lawyer, Partner, Arbitrator - Montréal
Richard R. Provost is a partner in the Montréal office of Langlois Lawyers. He concentrates his practice in litigation primarily in the areas of insurance law, professional and product liability, construction law and commercial law. He has acted for clients in arbitration committees and at all trial and appellate levels.
He has often been called upon to act as senior counsel in several important cases in his field of expertise and built a solid reputation, whether acting for plaintiff or as defence counsel, in complex matters. He brings a practical approach to all of his files and prefers mediation once the issues at stake are well defined. He also acts as legal counsel with respect to setting up insurance structures.
Education
Certified mediator ((UdeS/IMAQ), Sherbrooke University, 2024
Certified arbitrator (UdeS/IMAQ), Sherbrooke University, 2022
LL.B./J.D. (Common Law), Ottawa University, 1983
LL.L. (cum laude), Ottawa University, 1982
B.sc. Economy, Ottawa University, 1978
Rankings & Recognitions
- 26 Langlois lawyers recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2024
- Best Lawyers in Canada 2024
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2023
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2023
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2022
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2022
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2021
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2021
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2021
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2020
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2020
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2020
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2019
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2019
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2019
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2018
- Benchmark Canada 2018
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018
Panel counsel for more than a dozen insurers and Lloyd’s syndicates
Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as first ranked lawyer and repeatedly recommended in the fields of insurance and construction law;
Rated by Martindale-Hubbell as having “very high legal ability and ethical standards”in its peer review
Best in his jurisdiction by BEST
Areas of Practice
- Banking Litigation
- Class Actions
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Insurance
- Construction Law
- Construction Litigation
- Construction Risk
- Cyber-risk Insurance Policy
- Drafting and Interpretation of Insurance Policies
- Environmental Litigation
- Financial Institutions and Financial Services Law
- Insurance
- Insurance Litigation
- Life Insurance
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Product Liability
- Product Risk
- Professional Liability
- Property Insurance
- Reinsurance
Industries
Representative Work
Richard notably acted in the following matters:
– Montreal Olympic Stadium roof collapse;
– Collapse of Valleyfield lift bridge and consequential stay of Saint-Lawrence seaway operation;
– Collapse of du Souvenir overpass in Laval, above highway 15 (6-lane highway);
– Collapse of Viger Tunnel (Ville-Marie expressway);
– Landslide destroying many homes and roads in City of La Baie;
– Avalanche in Kuujjuaq destroying gymnasium;
– Numerous major commercial and institutional roof collapses;
– Landslide and closure of road and residential development in Gatineau;
– Manège Militaire (Québec) fire;
– Beauce Fiberglass manufacturing plant fire;
– Fire destroying 21-condo complex in Boisbriand;
– Trial related to more than 1000 properties affected by pyrrhotite in Trois-Rivières;
– Lac-Mégantic train derailment (class action suit $1.3B);
– Tobacco addiction litigation (class action suits $3.5B);
– Insider trading recourse (class action suit $3.4B US)
– Numerous representations for excess insurers in major litigations, acting as supervisor and/or defence counsel;
– Numerous litigations and arbitrations for multi-million dollar claims by specialized mining, electrical and mechanical contractors;
– Acted as arbitrator in construction dispute;
– Supported large corporations seeking to set up insurance programs;
– Supported investment fund in identifying potential partner.
Publications
Articles
- 2020 – Responding to public tenders: beware of unbalanced unit prices
- 2019 – When Spring Weather Causes Nasty Surprises
- 2018 – What Are the Issues Surrounding the Legalization of Recreational Cannabis for the Damage Insurance Industry?
- 2017 – Execution of Out-of-Quebec Judgments: No Smokescreen Allowed