André Durocher

André Durocher practices in the areas of class actions, environmental law, energy law and aboriginal law.

He has defended clients in class actions in the following areas of law:

• Environmental law (dust and particulate matters, noise and vibrations, noxious odours, contaminated soil, air pollution)
• Aboriginal law (sexual abuse) 
• Consumer protection law (false or deceptive advertising) 
• Competition law (before both the Superior Court and the Federal Court of Canada) 
• Product liability (drugs, medical devices, car parts, truck engines) 
• Municipal law (municipal taxes, civil liability following police interventions) 
• Food law (deceptive advertising about the beneficial health effects of a food product) 
• Pension plans (pension fund surplus)

He has represented pharmaceutical laboratories, railways, airlines, chemical products manufacturers, chicken processing plants, rendering plants, municipalities, metal manufacturing industries, car parts manufacturers and motor racing organizations.

In environmental law, he has defended businesses in civil suits, such as injunctions, judicial review applications or cost recovery claims. He has represented businesses in penal actions for offences under environmental protection laws and municipal by-laws or regarding administrative remedies launched by government authorities, such as applications to revoke environmental permits or orders from the Minister of the Environment.

In energy law, he has represented public utility services based outside of the Province of Québec before the Régie de l'énergie in rate hearings and complaints against Hydro Québec in its role of Transmission Provider under the Hydro Québec Open Access Transmission Tariff.

In aboriginal law matters, he has represented energy and resources companies in injunction and land claim proceedings.

He co-authored the class action section of the annotated Code of Civil Procedure published by Lexis Nexis. He is also co-author of a fascicule on authorizations to institute a class action in the second compilation on civil procedure in JurisClasseur Québec.

Selected Experience

• Picard v. Air Canada
• Therrien v. Compagnie de volailles Maxi ltée

News

• The Lawyers Weekly features an article that focuses on André Durocher's career as a class action litigator as well as on the future of class action claims
• André Durocher is mentioned in The Lawyers Weekly about a Québec Court of Appeal decision ruling that the government is not immune to its own laws

Publications

• What U.S. Counsel Needs to Know About Class Actions in Québec
• Class Actions and Québec's Draft Bill to Enact the New Code of Civil Procedure

Presentations

• Montréal Fasken Martineau Symposium (3rd Edition)
• Seminar on Financial Institutions and Services

Honours and Awards

• Recognized as one of Canada's best Class Action Litigation and Environmental Law lawyers in The Best Lawyers in Canada (2008-2012 editions)
• He is among the Leading Lawyers in the practice area of Class Action - Defense of Lawday for the year 2009
• Rated as a "repeatedly recommended" attorney in the category of Litigation-Class Action by the Canadian LEXPERT Directory