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Civil law 2001 SCC 87

Prévost-Masson v. General Trust of Canada

The Supreme Court held that the accountant’s fault caused present damage and that the proper relationship between concurrent debts was obligation in solidum, not indivisibility.

  • Chartered accountant professional liability
  • Discharge of debt
  • Indivisibility of obligations
  • Obligation in solidum
  • Causation and damages
  • Interest and indemnity under art.1078.1 c.c.l.c.
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Insurance [1992] 3 SCR 261

Lalonde v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada

The Supreme Court held that the insured’s 1984 beneficiary change was invalid because the Husbands and Parents Life Insurance Act still governed the original designation.

  • Beneficiary revocation
  • Group life insurance
  • Husbands and parents life insurance act
  • Stipulation for a third person (art. 1029 c.c.l.c.)
  • Novation
  • Transitional provisions
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Civil law [1992] 2 SCR 499

Garcia Transport Ltée v. Royal Trust Co.

The Supreme Court held that the debtor’s pre-sale waiver of discharge rights was invalid, but denied relief because the debtor failed to follow the statutory procedure and the vacatur issue was res judicata.

  • Discharge of debtor
  • Sheriff's sale
  • Vacating sale
  • Waiver of statutory rights
  • Economic protective public order
  • Res judicata
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Civil law [1985] 1 SCR 423

Jumbo Motors Express Ltd. v. François Nolin Ltée

The Supreme Court held that interruption of prescription under Civil Code art. 2224 could benefit co-defendants, and that a settlement ended the interruption.

  • Extinctive prescription
  • Interruption of prescription
  • Co‑defendant recourse
  • Cross‑demand
  • Res judicata
  • Extinctive-prescription
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Contract [1926] SCR 138

Dansereau v. LafreniĂšre / Dansereau v. Richelieu Transportation Co.

Le pourvoi porte sur une prĂ©tendue novation aprĂšs la vente conditionnelle d’une barge. La Cour conclut qu’aucune intention Ă©vidente de libĂ©rer Dansereau n’est prouvĂ©e.

  • Novation
  • Delegation vs novation
  • Repairs to property
  • Notice to contractors
  • Possession and insolvency
  • Delegation
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