Family Law, Youth Law

Family law defines the rules that serve to protect the members of a given family, regarding, but not limited to, divorce, separation as well as custody of children. We are also present in order to provide you advice with regards to alimentary support, be it for children or spouses, as well as help you regarding the evaluation and partition of the family patrimony and the matrimonial regime. We are also available to assist you with regards to agreements between common-law partners, and we can advise you, notably, in adoption proceedings, demands in recognition or disavowal of paternity. We also act youth law, which governs matters specific to minors that have been the object of a filing or that have been taken charge of by the Director of Youth Protection.

Civil Law, Construction Law and Hidden Defects

Civil law is an essential branch of private law as it governs the relations between natural and/or legal persons, as much in their rights than in their obligations. For example, we can provide you with advice in litigious issues such as hidden defects or unpaid debt, or even with regards to a service agreement or a claim for damages.

Area of civil law and real-estate law, construction law governs the relationships between the work provider, the architects, the building contractors, the promotors, but also individuals. Our interventions concern, notably, lateness in the execution of work, damages resulting from a disaster, litigious matters relevant to mortgages, personal guarantees and legal warranties.

Labor Law

Labor law addresses the relationship between employers and employee. It structures, notably, the formation, the carrying out and the end of the employment contract. We advise you and represent you, amongst others, in cases of harassment, employment termination and layoff. We can also assist you in drafting and negotiating employment contracts or collective agreements.

Real Property Law

We offer our services in real property law, be it for property developers, contractors, syndicate of co-owners, owners, co-owners and commercial tenants. We intervene in the negotiation and drafting of contracts and leases as well as in the settlement of disputes that are related thereto.

Municipal Law

Municipal law gathers the rules and regulations that govern cities and their management, notably regarding calls for bids, liability, taxation or urbanism. We can also advise you regarding contracts, zoning, access to municipal documentation, municipal powers, rules of form and procedure that are specific thereto.

Insurance Law

Insurance Law regroups the entirety of rules and norms that protect the consumer and the insurance company by establishing specific and precise limits to this sector of activity. We bring you our advised help, notably, in cases of refusal of responsibility, insufficient indemnification or disputes regarding the settlement of a loss.

Civil and Medical Liability

The law provides that one cannot harm another. Sometimes, this obligation is not respected, be it accidentally or voluntarily, and a damage must be repaired. We refer here to civil liability, which can be related, or not, to the existence of a contract between concerned persons. This liability can be of medical order when a health professional is implicated. We are at your disposal to advise and help you if you are faced with a dispute of this nature.

CSST, SAAQ

In a case of compensation resulting from a work-related accident or disease or from a traffic accident, it is possible to contest a decision rendered by the CSST or the SAAQ. If you believe that your rights were not respected, that the compensation you are receiving is insufficient, we can advise and help you during the process with these public agencies. We are also experienced allies that can intervene with you before the Administrative Tribunal.

Account collection

For businesses, unpaid accounts represent a problem that can be delicate to settle. For instance, if a client fails to pay the amount that he owes you, we can assist you in taking proceedings to collect the account, and advise you appropriately.

Protective Supervision of Persons of Full Age

Protective supervision of persons of full age is a legal mechanism destined to protect persons that have become vulnerable due to incapability. Such supervision is intended to ensure the protection of the person, the administration of his patrimony and, generally, the exercise of his civil rights. Also, we are available in order to accompany you in planning a protection mandate or to represent you in the event of a dispute thereto.

Don’t hesitate to seek our counsel regarding protective supervision of persons of full age. It will be our pleasure to inform you and help you with this process.

Civil and Commercial Mediation

Civil and Commercial Mediation consists in preventing and settling civil and commercial disputes. This process gives to the parties of a dispute, the opportunity to participate in finding a solution in the presence of a mediator, who guides them in order to attain a satisfactory agreement. The mediator ensures the respect of certain rules. The mediator maintains the balance and equality in the negotiations intervening between both parties, and facilitates their dialogue. The mediator remains impartial from start to finish.

Régie du logement

We advise you and represent you before the Régie du logement regarding disputes attributable to the rights and obligations following a lease, repossession or subdivision of a dwelling.

Banking Law

Banking law regulates the activities of financial institutions, such as the receipt of funds from clients, credit operations, management of means of payment, exchange operations, the purchase and sale of securities, amongst others. Whether the matter is contentious or not, we advise you and provide you our help in order to quickly settle any dispute related to banking: refusal of cheque, frozen account, forbidden banking, abuse, fraud or negligence regarding credit approval, transfer of funds, management of accounts, suretyship…