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Christian Trépanier Associé/Partner Québec

Christian Trépanier

Partner Fasken
Jurisdiction Québec, 1997
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Québec City
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Overview

Christian Trépanier is a partner of the Commercial Litigation group in the Québec office. His practice focuses on the areas of class actions, civil and commercial litigation, penal law, administrative law as well as municipal law.

Christian represents varied clients, including publics organisations, municipalities, professionals, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers and a number of private companies from industries such as forestry, alcohol sales and distribution, construction, etc.

In addition to appearing before all levels of courts, Christian also acts in arbitration and mediation matters. He successfully pleaded two cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, one on the civil liability of the Attorney General and a second one on the validity of certain hypothecs. He was recently named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a designation awarded only to the best litigators who have also demonstrated very highest standards of trial advocacy, ethical conduct, integrity, professionalism and collegiality.

Christian is always ready for a challenge and has acted in complex cases involving the notions of addiction and pathological gambling, fundamental freedoms in air transportation, the constitutionality of the Tobacco Act and residential schools.

Achievements

Client Work

  • CAA-Québec Auto and Home Insurance Inc., Defendant in a class action brought against several Québec home insurer, [Case - Assurances Auto et Habitation CAA-Quebec Inc], Class action brought against home insurers.
  • Intact Insurance, Bélair Direct And Industrial Alliance In A Class Action Instituted Against Car Insurers Across Quebec, [Case - Intact Insurance, Belair Direct and Industrial Alliance], Our team is acting for Québec’s largest car insurers (Intact and Bélair) in the context of a class action instituted against car insurers across the province. The Application to authorize the class action seeks damages related to the alleged fact that (i) insurance companies raise premiums with r...
  • A Canadian bank in a liability claim of CAD$5.9 million, [Case - A Canadian bank], A Canadian bank in a liability claim of CAD$5.9 million challenging the conflicts of interest that a bank may find itself in when advising two clients with opposing business interests.
  • Students from Quebec universities file a request for authorization to institute a class action, claiming "a restitution of their benefits" by their institution of a portion of their tuition fees for the session interrupted by COVID-19, [Case - A Montreal university], Students from 15 Québec universities claim "a restitution of their benefits" by their institution of a portion of their tuition fees.
  • Industrial Alliance, Defendant in a class action brought against several Quebec automobile insurers, [Case - Industrial Alliance], Class action brought against automobile insurers.
  • RAMQ Administrative investigation of Pharmaprix owner-pharmacists, [Case - Pharmaprix /Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaciens propriétaires], On October 28, 2013, the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec [Québec health insurance board] (the “RAMQ”) opened an administrative investigation of owner-pharmacists working under the Pharmaprix banner. In its investigation the RAMQ sought to determine if Pharmaprix owner-pharmacists had rec...
  • Ville de L’Ancienne-Lorette v. Ville de Québec et Ville de Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, [Case - City of L’Ancienne-Lorette], Fasken successfully represented the City of L’Ancienne-Lorette in the widely reported case of Ville de L’Ancienne-Lorette v. Ville de Québec et Ville de Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. Seven years after the legal battle began, Justice Bernard Godbout of the Superior Court delivered his verdict. Hi...
  • Strateco takes legal action against Quebec, [Case - Strateco], Strateco Resources, an uranium mining company, has filed a court order against the Quebec government after a provincial environmental group refused to give its consent to an exploration project. It wants the province to decide whether or not the company can explore for uranium in Quebec's Otish M...
  • Jean Brochu v. Loto-Québec et al., [Case - International Gaming Technology], Mr. Lefebvre represents VLC, Inc., the largest video lottery terminal manufacturer in the United States in the first North American lawsuit in which a group of compulsive gamblers is claiming that the video lottery terminals caused their disease. C.S.Q. 200-06-000017-015. The action against VLC I...

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Université Laval

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Barreau du Québec
  • Member, Bar of Québec
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association

Knowledge

Events

News

Publications

  • The Supreme Court of Canada Broadens the Application of Movable Hypothecs with Delivery in Quebec, 2/23/2004
  • Jurisdiction of courts of first instance, JurisClasseur Québec, Droit civil – Procédure civile I, Fascicule 6
  • Duties and responsibilities of court clerks and division of powers between courts, judges and clerks, JurisClasseur Québec, Droit civil – Procédure civile I, Fascicule 9
Co-Author Jurisdiction of courts of first instance JurisClasseur Québec, Droit civil – Procédure civile I, Fascicule 6
Co-Author Duties and responsibilities of court clerks and division of powers between courts, judges and clerks JurisClasseur Québec, Droit civil – Procédure civile I, Fascicule 9

Speaking Engagements

  • Professional civil liability (free and informed consent), 9/23/2005
Professional civil liability (free and informed consent) Lecturer, Symposium on dental implants (Canadian Society of Oral Implantology)

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