General Commentary on Professional Liability
This chapter traces the evolution of civil liability for professionals in Quebec, from historical quasi-immunity to the modern obligation of means, the role of codes of ethics, and the influence of Roberge c. Bolduc on...
Damage as a Condition of Liability
The directness and certainty requirements for compensable damage in Quebec civil law: indirect victims, loss of chance, third-party benefits, and post-incident releases.
Civil Liability and State Compensation Schemes
Quebec's state compensation schemes cover workplace accidents, automobile accidents, criminal offences, and other situations. This lesson examines their interaction with the general civil liability regime under the...
Introduction to Damage (Prejudice) in Quebec Civil Law
An overview of the tripartite classification of damage (bodily, moral, and material injury) adopted by the Civil Code of Quebec and the Supreme Court's criterion of the nature of the initial violation for qualifying the...
Interest and Additional Indemnity
Analysis of moratory damages under Quebec civil law: the 5% legal rate of interest (art. 1618 CCQ), the discretionary additional indemnity (art. 1619 CCQ), the starting point tied to default, and special cases.
Compensation for Harm to Property
The rules governing compensation of pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses when property is destroyed or damaged under Quebec civil law.
Compensation for Death-Related Damages
How Quebec civil law compensates for death: claims by heirs, recourses of indirect victims, loss of material support, funeral expenses, solatium doloris, and the shortening of life.
Compensation for Bodily Injury
Rules governing the assessment and compensation of bodily injury in Quebec civil law: cost of care, loss of income, non-pecuniary losses, discounting, and tax implications.
Liability of Professionals
An overview of professional liability in Quebec civil law: the standard of care, obligations of means and result, professional duties, and the role of codes of ethics across lawyers, notaries, and physicians.
Compensation for Moral Harm
How Quebec civil law compensates moral harm arising from injury to reputation, including the assessment of pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses, the absence of a damages cap, the factors modulating quantum, and the...
Exemption and Apportionment of Liability
Defences, exemptions, and apportionment rules in Quebec extra-contractual civil liability: superior force, contributory fault of the victim, assumption of risk, self-defence, novus actus interveniens, and exclusion...
General Conditions of Civil Liability for Personal Acts
An analysis of the fundamental conditions of extra-contractual civil liability for personal acts in Quebec law: fault, damage, and causation under the Civil Code of Quebec.