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Érik Morissette Associé/Partner Québec

Érik Morissette

Partner Fasken
Jurisdiction Québec, 1995
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Québec City
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Overview

Érik Morissette acts as counsel to various professional orders, institutions, associations and not-for-profit corporations, including religious corporations. He advises and represents clients on a broad range of matters affecting such organizations.

In particular, Érik takes a strategic and proactive approach to supporting professional orders on key issues related to the protection of the public. He advises syndics (similar to a complaints office) of professional orders and regularly represents clients before disciplinary boards.

He regularly gives seminars on professional law, covering topics such as governance, the Professional Code, and the regulations governing the practice of professions, including ethical issues.

Érik advises and represents professionals, particularly pharmacist owners, regarding their franchise agreements and in disciplinary or administrative investigations (e.g., Professional Inspection Committee, Régie d'assurance maladie (RAMQ)).

He also represents a professional association of specialists in negotiating and implementing its agreement with the Minister of Health regarding the government health insurance plan.

Experience

  • Successfully advised the Collège des médecins du Québec in its defence against a judicial review to rule on neuroleptics prescription, [Case - Collège des médecins du Québec], In a Superior Court decision on November 4, 2019, the Honourable Justice Jacques Babin dismissed the plaintiff’s appeal for judicial review. In this case, the applicant had applied for judicial review to order the Collège des médecins du Québec to rule on the prescription of typical and aty...
  • Intervention before the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec (Quebec Order of Chartered Accountants), [Case - Ordre des comptables professionnels agrees du Quebec], In March 2017, an intervention took place before the Supreme Court of Canada as part of an appeal regarding the principles of interpretation of Quebec’s legislation respecting the professions. A Fasken team consisting of François Barrette, Érik Morissette and Maxime-Arnaud Keable represented the ...
  • Scope of the Profession of Architect and Engineer, [Case - Confidential Client], This ongoing project involves the Ordre des architectes du Québec and the Association professionnelle des designers d'intérieur du Québec, whom we represent.
  • Modernization of the Dentistry Profession, [Case - Ordre des dentistes du Québec, the Office des professions du Québec and the Ordre des hygiénistes dentaires du Québec], This ongoing project involves the Ordre des dentistes du Québec, the Office des professions du Québec and the Ordre des hygiénistes dentaires du Québec, whom we represent.
  • Ordre des comptables accrédités du Québec adopts the Act to Amend the Professional Code and the Act to Amend the Professional Code and the Chartered Accountants Act in Respect of Public Accountancy, [Case - Ordre des comptables accrédités du Québec], We represented the Ordre des comptables accrédités du Québec as part of its work surrounding the practice of public accounting in Québec, which led to adoption of the Act to Amend the Professional Code and the Act to Amend the Professional Code and the Chartered Accountants Act in Respect of Publ...
  • When Interpreting Wills, it's the Thought that Counts, [Deal - Confidential Client], Gravel v. Rouleau 2006 QCCS 5298 Mtre Morissette successfully convinced that court, which declared the Centre Missionnaire Oblats heir and legatee. Not being vested with legal personality, l'Aide à la Promotion Missionnaire, a charity, cannot inherit. However, the court allowed Mtre Morissette'...
  • Professional corporations advised on public protection and the respect of restricted titles and exclusive professional activities, [Case - Confidential Client]

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Université Laval
  • Bachelor, mechanical engineering (53 credits) Université Laval

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Québec Bar
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Juvénat Notre-Dame, a private secondary school in Lévis with nearly 900 students.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Collaboration Santé Internationale, Québec-based organization that meets the needs of health centers in developing countries by providing them with quality, free medicines, medical equipment, and supplies.

Events

  • Colloque en litige de Québec, 10/25/2016
  • Forum en droit du travail 2015 - Québec, 5/13/2015
  • 2014 Labour Law Forum - Québec, 6/10/2014
  • Labour, Employment, Human Rights and Public Law - Annual Seminar 2013, 5/22/2013
  • Annual Seminar 2012, 5/28/2012

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Speaking Engagements

  • Au travail Forum annuel en droit du travail 2017, 5/3/2017
  • Ethics and the daily routine of corporate lawyers: Practical aspects, 5/7/2013