2024-01-31

Zachary regularly represents clients in a variety of fields, such as general litigation, general liability and professional liability, sports and recreational liability, personal injury claims, city and municipal liability, construction law, and products and manufacturers liability.

He also practices in the areas of civil and commercial litigation and regularly represents clients in a variety of matters, such as

Litigation between shareholders or business partners, such as oppression remedies;

General commercial litigation;

Provisional measures such as seizures before judgment or safeguard measures;

Commercial leases and landlord-tenant disputes.

Zachary frequently appears before all levels of the Quebec courts  as well as before administrative tribunals and arbitration, conciliation and mediation boards.

Representative Matters

Successfully represented a City in the preliminary dismissal of a claim for damages on the basis of prescription (Marcoux c. Ville de Percé, 2023 QCCQ 7199 – https://canlii.ca/t/k0s1w)

Successfully had the filing of opposing party’s expert report rejected by the Court (Vanderwee v. Integrated Transportation Solutions Inc., 2019 QCCS 388 – https://canlii.ca/t/hxgz4)

Successfully represented a  City  in the dismissal of an appeal for judicial review and claim for damages on a preliminary basis (Martin v. Ville de Magog, 2020 QCCS 182 – https://canlii.ca/t/j4xvb)

Successfully represented a victim in his bodily injury lawsuit brought following a violent incident in the Montreal metro system (Menkhour v. Couture, 2016 QCCS 1843 – https://canlii.ca/t/gpn1j)

Successfully represented the plaintiff in his claim for the assertion of his proprietary rights in Montreal Canadiens season tickets and the resulting damages, including legal fees (L.T. v. P.S., 2019 QCCS 3244 – https://canlii.ca/t/j1sgc)

Successfully seized prior to judgment the Canadian bank accounts on one of the world’s leading iron producers, for over $20 million (Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd. c. Barrette et Fils ltée, 2016 QCCA 1831 – https://canlii.ca/t/gvm14)