Canadian Malartic GP

Acting for Canadian Malartic GP in a class action based on alleged neighbourhood annoyances related to the operations of the largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

Canadian Malartic GP

Acting for Canadian Malartic GP in connection with an injunction application alleging breach of various environmental standards.

Confidential Client

Acted successfully for a Québec-based gas retailer in connection with criminal charges laid by the Competition Bureau for alleged price-fixing and related class actions. Davies has succeeded in obtaining a stay of the criminal proceedings against its client based on a breach of its constitutional rights.

Giant Tiger Stores Limited

Acting for Giant Tiger Stores Limited in its defence of multiple class proceedings commenced across Canada (including Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Québec and the Federal Court) relating to alleged price-fixing of commercial bread products in Canada at the wholesale and retail levels.

Aéroports de Montréal

Acting for Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) as intervenor in a construction dispute between Bombardier Inc. (Bombardier) and Axor Group Inc. (Axor) relating to allegations of faulty performance of a "turnkey" contract. Axor designed and built an aircraft hangar for Bombardier on land leased by ADM. Bombardier alleges that Axor failed to connect certain waste water drains, located at the bottom of the Hangar's recovery gutters, to the underground recovery tank. This would have resulted in contaminated water being discharged into the soils of the land on which the Hangar is located.

Canadian Malartic GP

Acting for Canadian Malartic GP, an impleaded party in an application for judicial review to obtain the annulment of a governmental decree.

Geneviève Simard, Amélie-Frédérique Gagnon, Gail Kelly and Anna Prchal

Representing Amélie-Frédérique Gagnon, Gail Kelly, Anna Prchal and Geneviève Simard, who were among the victims of former ski coach Bertrand Charest. He was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges related to the sexual assault of athletes. Davies is acting on a pro bono basis.

Giant Tiger

Acting for Giant Tiger in defence of a proposed class action in Québec for alleged “greenwashing”, or misleading environmental claims, of recyclable bags. This is one of the first actions in Canada concerning greenwashing claims.

The Advocates Society, Symposium for Women in Litigation; Montréal, QC

Nov. 28, 2023

Barreau du Québec, National Conference on Class Actions, "ESG-related class actions: A new wave of class action on the horizon?"; Montréal, QC

Nov. 22, 2023

Panelist, Option consommateurs roundtable, “Class Actions: How to make them more effective and optimize the benefits”; Montréal, QC

May 04, 2023

Western Ontario University, Western Law's Distinguished Speaker Series, “Helping survivors make Canadian sports saferˮ; Webinar

Nov. 19, 2020

Barreau du Québec, National Conference on Class Actions 2020, “Annual Review of the Jurisprudence from Québecˮ; Webinar

Oct. 22, 2020

Can the State Be Held Liable for Neighbourhood Disturbances?

June 17, 2020 - In Maltais c Procureure générale du Québec, 2020 QCCA 715, the Québec Court of Appeal rendered an important decision regarding Crown liability. Its decision clarifies whether the regime of no-fault liability for neighbourhood disturbances applies to the government. It also contains...

Foreign Public Issuers Take Note: Québec Court Dismisses Securities Class Action for Lack of Jurisdiction

Apr. 22, 2020 - In Chandler v Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, the Superior Court of Québec recently dismissed a securities class action brought against Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VW). It did so even though the Court had previously dismissed VW’s jurisdictional arguments at the authorization...

Co-chair, The Advocates’ Society, “Les injonctions en pratique”; Montréal, QC

Oct. 18, 2019

Superior Court Refuses to Cancel Order Allowing Expansion of Canadian Malartic Mine

May 23, 2019 - In Dave Lemire v Canadian Malartic Mine GP and La Procureure générale du Québec, 2017 QCCS 1438, the Québec Superior Court (Court) dismissed an application for judicial review brought by Dave Lemire, a resident of the city of Malartic. Mr. Lemire asked for the cancellation of a...

The Advocates’ Society, “L’art du contre-interrogatoire”; Montréal, QC

Apr. 12, 2019