Allen Madelin expliquant la diffamation dans une vidéo éducative.
What is Defamation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWeC2-EV48
Person lisant un journal en plein air, illustrant la recherche d'informations ou de nouvelles.
Defamation: What Can You Get?
Potential Award Aside of obvious requests for an apology, a refuting statement, a prohibition against further spread and an order to remove the defamatory information from public access, claimants often…
Expert en inspection immobilière expliquant l'importance des défauts latents avant l'achat.
Latent defects should exist before purchase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67NwuPSktrY
Une femme lors d'une manifestation utilise un mégaphone pour s'exprimer.
Defamation: Claim and Defence
Claim There is no separate claim in defamation in the Civil Code of Quebec. The usual article 1457 of Civil Code of Quebec (on civil responsibility) applies. The requirements are,…
Allen Madelin, expert en droit immobilier, discutant des défauts latents dans une vidéo informative.
Latent defect: when is it grave enough?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxHRgfikANg Another requirement for a valid claim regarding latent defect is certain gravity of the defect itself.
Person lisant un journal en plein air, illustrant la recherche d'informations ou de nouvelles.
Defamation: where you can find it
Defamation: where you can find it The word « defamation » brings us in the context where the rights guaranteed by the Quebec Charter are clashing: freedom of expression against one’s privacy,…
Allen Madelin discute des vices cachés dans le contexte des défauts latents.
Latent defects (vices cachés): when are they latent in fact ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QuKNYLNQc0
Statue de la Justice symbolisant l'équité et la loi dans le contexte du droit civil.
Provisional costs in non-family (or not-so-much family) matters
The term “provisional costs” (provision pour frais) is used when a Court orders that a richer party pays for the not-so-rich party’s lawyers and other expenses. The idea is to…
Carte du monde avec des billets de banque et des épingles, illustrant la mondialisation financière.
International Divorce: Summary
It’s not uncommon nowadays that one of the divorcing spouses is in Quebec, while the other is elsewhere in the world, be it the other provinces of Canada or other…
Travailleur effectuant des travaux d'électricité dans un bâtiment en construction.
What do you need to prove for a latent defect (vice caché) claim ?
The infamous problem of a latent defect appears when you buy a fancy piece of immovable property which later on reveals foundation cracks, mould, roof leaks and other unpleasant surprises. What…