Catherine Simonet, Counsel | Commercial Litigation

Catherine Simonet

Counsel
Jurisdiction Québec, 2008
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
Contact
Business +1 514 397 7466
Email csimonet@fasken.com
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Overview

Catherine Simonet has been a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group in the Montréal office since 2011, first as a research lawyer and now as Counsel. She has focused her practice on analyzing and researching large, complex cases and drafting legal arguments for matters to be heard before the Superior Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada.

Catherine is known and appreciated for her intellectual rigour and strategic thinking when advising on complex legal issues. Moreover, her in-depth experience in appellate matters is highly valued and, as such, she assists teams in all areas of law as their cases move to higher courts.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Simonet worked as a judicial research lawyer at the Québec Court of Appeal.

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Practices

Client Work

  • Fasken achieves an important gain for public right to information before the Supreme Court of Canada, [Case - Coalition of media], Litigation regarding public right to information before the Supreme Court of Canada.
  • Representation of the Judicial Council of Québec in the context of the Reference pertaining to the monetary competence of the Court of Québec over civil matters and its competence over administrative appeals, [Case - Conseil de la magistrature du Québec], Reference pertaining to the monetary competence of the Court of Québec over civil matters and its competence over administrative appeals.
  • Reference to the Québec Court of Appeal regarding the Court of Québec’s financial jurisdiction threshold, as well as the appellate jurisdiction attributed to it, [Case - Conseil de la magistrature du Québec], The Chief Justices of the Superior Court held that section 35 of the C.C.P., which grants the Court of Québec jurisdiction over civil matters under $85,000, as well as the provisions granting appellate jurisdiction to the Court of Québec, are unconstitutional. According to their opinion, section ...
  • The Supreme Court refuses leave to appeal Dunkin’ Brands resulting in C$16.4 million in damages for franchisees, [Case - Confidential Client], In one of the most important franchising disputes in the past twenty years in Quebec, the Superior Court rendered a first decision in favour of the plaintiffs in 2012, condemning Dunkin’ Brands to pay the plaintiffs $16.4 million dollars in damages for various breaches, including negligence, bad ...
Case Represented Coalition of media Fasken achieves an important gain for public right to information before the Supreme Court of Canada Litigation regarding public right to information before the Supreme Court of Canada. Read more
Case Representing Conseil de la magistrature du Québec Representation of the Judicial Council of Québec in the context of the Reference pertaining to the monetary competence of the Court of Québec over civil matters and its competence over administrative appeals Reference pertaining to the monetary competence of the Court of Québec over civil matters and its competence over administrative appeals. Read more
Case Representing Conseil de la magistrature du Québec Reference to the Québec Court of Appeal regarding the Court of Québec’s financial jurisdiction threshold, as well as the appellate jurisdiction attributed to it The Chief Justices of the Superior Court held that section 35 of the C.C.P., which grants the Court of Québec jurisdiction over civil matters under $85,000, as well as the provisions granting appellate jurisdiction to the Court of Québec, are unconstitutional. According to their opinion, section ... Read more
Case Represented Confidential Client The Supreme Court refuses leave to appeal Dunkin’ Brands resulting in C$16.4 million in damages for franchisees In one of the most important franchising disputes in the past twenty years in Quebec, the Superior Court rendered a first decision in favour of the plaintiffs in 2012, condemning Dunkin’ Brands to pay the plaintiffs $16.4 million dollars in damages for various breaches, including negligence, bad ... Read more

Career & Education

Education

  • DESS, Dispute Prevention and Settlement University Sherbrooke
  • LLB Université de Montréal

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member of the Québec Bar
  • Partner member of the Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec
  • Member of the Québec Bar’s certified mediators in civil and commercial law

Knowledge

  • Supreme Court of Canada renders key judgment on out-of-court mediation, 5/12/2014
  • Court of Appeal of Québec Lays Down Criteria That Apply in Cases of Inducement to Breach Contractual Obligations, 4/19/2013
  • Improper Use of Procedure in the Class Action Against Cigarette Manufacturers: Sanctions for Disproportionate Use of the Rules of Evidence, 5/15/2012
Bulletin Supreme Court of Canada renders key judgment on out-of-court mediation On May 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a unanimous judgment (reasons by the Honorable Mr. Justice Wagner) that is important for anyone who participates in private mediations. In Union Carbide Canada Inc. v. Bombardier Inc.[1], the Supreme Court of Canada considered the interaction be... Read more
Bulletin Court of Appeal of Québec Lays Down Criteria That Apply in Cases of Inducement to Breach Contractual Obligations On March 13, 2013, the Court of Appeal of Québec rendered a decision clarifying the state of the law regarding the extra-contractual liability conditions that apply to third parties that induce a person to breach their contractual obligations.[1] More specifically, the question answered was wheth... Read more
Bulletin Improper Use of Procedure in the Class Action Against Cigarette Manufacturers: Sanctions for Disproportionate Use of the Rules of Evidence The historic class action brought by the Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health against cigarette manufacturers JTI-Macdonald, Imperial Tobacco, and Rothmans Benson & Hedges began in March. The approximately 90,000 group members intend to demonstrate that the emphysema and lung, larynx, and throat ... Read more

Events

  • Mediation: Legal and Practical Perspectives, 11/2/2016
Mediation: Legal and Practical Perspectives Litigation & Dispute Resolution Seminar (Fasken Martineau Institute) location location Montreal, QC About the event

News

  • "Secret Trial" Case: an Important Victory for Public Right to Information before the Supreme Court of Canada, 6/7/2024
  • Fasken Martineau secures a win before the Supreme Court of Canada for its client Bombardier Recreational Products against Union Carbide Canada, 5/9/2014
News - 5 News Release "Secret Trial" Case: an Important Victory for Public Right to Information before the Supreme Court of Canada Fasken congratulates its clients for the decision obtained today before the Supreme Court of Canada. Read more
Fasken Martineau secures a win before the Supreme Court of Canada for its client Bombardier Recreational Products against Union Carbide Canada Montréal (Canada) - Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal that Union Carbide Canada filed against Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP). The Supreme Court judgment determines whether... Read more

Publications

  • The Superior Court of Québec Refuses to Authorize a Class Action against the Holy Cross Congregation and Saint-Joseph’s Oratory, 8/7/2015
Article The Superior Court of Québec Refuses to Authorize a Class Action against the Holy Cross Congregation and Saint-Joseph’s Oratory Litigation & Dispute Resolution Bulletin

Speaking Engagements

  • La confidentialité en médiation: principes, exceptions et limites!, 12/21/2013
La confidentialité en médiation: principes, exceptions et limites! Co-Speaker, "Faire de la médiation commerciale un outil vraiment efficace pour votre pratique" location location Montréal

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