Commercial Division - Common List of Jurisprudence

SUPERIOR COURT OF QUÉBEC
CONSOLIDATED NOTICES TO MEMBERS OF THE BAR
COMMERCIAL DIVISION: COMMON LIST OF JURISPRUDENCE
The common list of jurisprudence – commercial division – includes the reported
decisions frequently cited before the Superior Court in commercial cases.
Following publication of this notice, parties are no longer required to fully
reproduce the decisions identified in the attached list in the book of authorities
filed prior to a hearing. If a party intends to cite a decision appearing on the list,
its book of authorities need only contain a copy of the page bearing the relevant
extract from the decision, duly highlighted, a copy of the page immediately
preceding and following the extract, and a reference to the common list of
jurisprudence.
The usual practice will continue to apply to decisions that do not appear on the
common list of jurisprudence. When a case is cited, the entire decision must be
reproduced, the relevant pages must be identified and the cited extracts must be
highlighted in accordance with section 31 of the Rules of Practice of the Superior
Court in Civil Matters.
Please note that the decisions appearing on the common list of jurisprudence
were selected according to certain criteria, including the number of times a
decision has been cited by the courts of other instances. It is not an exhaustive
list of the relevant decisions in any area of the law, nor does the list constitute an
opinion regarding relevance.
Relevant authorities in bankruptcy and restructuring matters
(chronologically):
Deputy Minister of Rev. (Que.) v. Rainville, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 35
Deloitte Haskins & Sells v. Worker’s Comp. Board, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 785
Federal Business Development Bank v. Québec (CSST), [1988] 1 S.C.R. 1061
British Columbia v. Henfrey Samson Belair ltd., [1989] 2 S.C.R. 24
Husky Oil Operations ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue, [1995] 3 S.C.R. 453
Restaurant Ocean Drive inc. c. Sam Levy & associés inc., 1997 CanLII 10235
(QC CA)
Bouchard c. Wilfrid Noël & Fils ltée, 2000 CanLII 7332 (QC CA)
Industries Davies inc. (Proposition de), 2000 CanLII 10623 (QC CA)
Caisse populaire Desjardins de St-Augustin-de-Desmaures c. 9076-3335
Québec inc. (Syndic de), 2003 CanLII 8040 (QC CA)
Dans l’affaire de la faillite de 91133 Canada ltée c. Groupe Thibault Van Houtte &
Associés ltée, 2003 CanLII 46804 (QC CA)
Lefebvre (Trustee of), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 326
Ouellet (Trustee of), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 348
D.I.M.S. Construction inc. (Trustee of) v. Quebec (Attorney General), [2005] 2
S.C.R. 564
Exode Automobile inc. (Syndic d’), 2005 QCCA 1208 (CanLII)
GMAC Commercial Credit Corporation – Canada v. T.C.T. Logistics inc., [2006] 2
S.C.R. 123
Axa Assurances inc. c. Immeuble Saratoga inc., 2007 QCCA 1807 (CanLII)
Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments II Corp. (Re), 2008 ONCA 587
(CanLII)
Caisse populaire Desjardins de l’Est de Drummond v. Canada, [2009] 2 S.C.R.
94
Century Services inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [2010] 3 S.C.R. 379
Dawson (Syndic de), 2011 QCCA 235 (CanLII)
Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater inc., [2012] 3 S.C.R. 443
CSST c. Dolbec Transport, 2012 QCCA 698 (CanLII)
Canada (Attorney General) c. Koch, 2012 QCCA 2207 (CanLII)
Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v. United Steelworkers, [2013] 1 S.C.R. 271
Relevant authorities in oppression matters
(chronologically):
Sulzer Medica AG c. Krela, 2002 CanLII 41290 (QC CA) (circumstances in which
the oppression remedy is not appropriate).
Peoples Department Stores inc. (Trustee of) v. Wise, [2004] 3 S.C.R. 461
(business judgment rule)
BCE inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 560
176283 Canada inc. c. St-Germain, 2011 QCCA 608 (CanLII) (considerations of
urgency).
Sawyer c. S. Teller ltée, 2011 QCCA 2389 (CanLII) (interim orders should not
supercede the judgment on the merits).
Léger c. Garage Technology Ventures Canada, s.e.c. (Capital Saint-Laurent
s.e.c.), 2012 QCCA 1901 (CanLII) (availability of recourse for the holder of a
stock option).
Richthofen Management inc. c. Global Aviation Concept, 2014 QCCA 1103
(CanLII) (discretionary orders in oppression matters).
Trackcom Systems International inc. c. Trackcom Systems inc., 2014 QCCA
1136 (CanLII) (investigative powers that constitute an exceptional measure).
Charland c. Lessard, 2015 QCCA 14 (CanLII) (proportionality in the context of an
oppression remedy)