Nowadays the Public Health Director (Directeur de la santé publique) can issue orders forcing individuals to submit to certain examination and treatment, including temporary isolation. Municipal Courts and the Court…
Debt collection and COVID-19. Some people are in a really bad situation these days, when financial aid from the government has not reached those in need yet, while the bills…
lost job COVID-19 The Quebec government ordered companies to close offices (but for those considered to be “essential” in the times of coronavirus). Yet the companies able to organize their…
Two judgments were rendered recently, dealing with the child custody question in the times of coronavirus outbreak: Droit de la famille — 20453 (by the Quebec Superior Court) and Ribeiro…
mediation coronavirus COVID-19 One interesting consequence of the quarantine we note in our law firm is that many people are getting more interested in settlement. Indeed, the Courts are closed,…
Coronavirus COVID-19 panic and law Collect documents! Receipts, emails, letters received, screenshots, recordings and photos. Maybe they seem useless now, but every piece will count when the panic is over,…
Coronavirus and divorce: what are the impacts? The Global Times, a Chinese newspaper published in English, shared with us a legal fact deserving to be noted. Applications for divorce exploded…
In the time of coronavirus (COVID-19), shared custody for separated parents is more complicated than usual. Once the government has declared a public health emergency in the province of Quebec,…