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Five insurance companies to pay $4.1 million to a bailiff’s firm

The Quebec Court of Appeal ordered five insurance companies to pay approximately $4.1 million to a bailiff’s firm after it refused to cover its losses and legal fees in a case that clarifies when professional indemnity claims can be triggered and reiterates yet again the principle that lawyers should not have two masters.

Mount Real scandal: Three more convicted

Several weeks after three more individuals linked with the bankrupt Montreal financial group Mount Real Corp. were ordered to pay fines ranging from $7,000 to $104,500, its former president now faces charges in an another alleged fraud that dates back to 1998.

Montreal animator awarded $5.2 million after a 13-year copyright battle

Montreal animator Claude Robinson awarded $5.2 million after a 13-year copyright battle.