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Legal opinions, contracts and advice under the Civil Code of Quebec, with the same lawyer on your file from the first call to the last.
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Quebec runs on civil law. Contracts, liability and property here are governed by the Civil Code of Quebec rather than by the common law that applies across the rest of the country, and the gap between the two is wider than most people expect. Extracontractual liability, the legal warranty of quality, prescription, the duty of good faith in how a contract is negotiated and performed: all of it comes from the Code, and most files turn on how those rules land on the facts in front of you.
We give legal opinions on civil matters and we act in civil liability claims, damages claims and civil litigation. You deal with the same lawyer the whole way, from the first assessment through negotiation and, if it comes to that, before the Quebec courts.
Most civil problems start small. A contract reads one way to you and another way to the party across the table, or an account simply stops being paid. What usually decides the cost of the whole thing is how early someone takes a clear look at it.
We work in French and in English, and we correspond, negotiate and file in either.
The hardest part of a civil file is rarely the law. It is getting a straight account of what happened, early, before positions harden and memories firm up around them. We ask uncomfortable questions at the first meeting for that reason. And because the Civil Code supplies obligations a contract never mentions, we work out what the Code adds before anyone argues about what the clause says.
Quebec governs contracts, liability and property through the Civil Code of Quebec, while the other provinces apply the common law. The Code also adds obligations a contract never mentions, such as the duty of good faith and the legal warranty of quality.
Claims expire after a period fixed by the Civil Code, called prescription. For most claims the general period is three years, and the clock often starts before people realize they have a problem. If the events go back a while, tell us when they happened and we will tell you where you stand.
A serious defect that existed at the time of sale, was not apparent on a prudent examination and was not disclosed to the buyer. The Civil Code of Quebec gives the buyer a legal warranty of quality against it.
Yes. We send demand letters, act on actions on account and prepare small claims, in French or in English.
Tell us what has happened and we will tell you plainly whether we can help, and what it is likely to involve. We work in French and in English.
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