Claudie Fréchette is a lawyer in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group at our Montréal office. Claudie is a versatile lawyer who is not only passionate about defending her clients’ interests but also takes great pride in doing so. She is recognized for her ability to handle complex litigation with high-profile media coverage.
Claudie is particularly active in public, constitutional and administrative litigation involving various governmental authorities (federal, provincial and municipal), the judicial review of their actions or decisions, the judicial review of regulatory or legislative provisions as well as applications for stay orders until final judgment on the validity of such actions, decisions or provisions.
She also has in-depth experience in injunctions and extraordinary remedies, such as Anton Piller, Mareva and Norwich orders, as well as in matters involving non-competition, non-solicitation, unfair competition and misappropriation of confidential information.
Her practice covers a wide range of areas and her work in commercial litigation frequently includes contractual disputes, business and shareholder disputes, securities litigation and proceedings as well as class actions.
Claudie has acted for clients such as:
- Transat in its victory against Groupe Mach before the Tribunal administratif des marchés financiers;
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company regarding the rail blockade in support of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation that marked Canada in February 2020 ;
- Transat in the class action brought against airlines for the reimbursement of airline tickets cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
- the Conseil de la magistrature (Québec’s judicial council) and the Chief Justices of the Court of Québec in their judicial review concerning the validity of certain selection notices that did not include an English proficiency requirement contrary to the needs expressed by the Chief Justices of the Court of Québec;
- the Conseil de la magistrature and the Chief Justices of the Court of Québec in their judicial review challenging the validity of the provisions of Bill 96 amending the selection procedure of candidates for the office of judge of the Court of Québec and municipal court judge;
- the Conseil de la magistrature and the Chief Justices of the Court of Québec in the Court of Appeal Reference regarding the decision to reduce the number of days that judges of the Criminal and Penal Division sit in court;
- the Conseil de la magistrature and the Chief Justices of the Court of Québec in the application for judicial review and the application for a stay or proceedings by the Attorney General of Québec with respect to the decision to reduce the number of days that judges of the Criminal and Penal Division sit in court.
Claudie completed a Bachelor’s of Law degree in the Co-op Program at the Université de Sherbrooke. She named to the Dean’s List throughout her studies and received the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Academic All-Canadian Award. She also graduated with a Juris Doctor in Common Law from the Université de Montréal.
Claudie has legal work experience at both the national and international levels, gained through three internships completed in corporate legal departments: one for a federal Crown corporation in Montréal and two for a multinational transportation company in Zürich, Switzerland.
