• FR
  • Inform me about new class actions

    • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

    Coming soon

    Notice about our registration form
    Completing the form does not guarantee you any compensation

    Please note that completing this form does not guarantee you any compensation.

    Indeed, it will ultimately be up to the court to decide on the merits of the class action and the terms of compensation. In addition, the eligibility criteria to receive compensation could be modified by the court, which could result in your exclusion from the class action.

    Please also note that we will not conduct a detailed analysis of each individual case until there is a final judgment or settlement in the file. Completing this form does not mean that you are eligible.

    We will inform the people who have registered of any final outcome in the class action. We will communicate with them by email. We invite you to notify us of any changes to your email address.

    We also invite you to keep informed through our website which we will update regularly.

    We thank you for your interest in this class action.

    Continue

    Completed public interest litigation

    Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement v. Energy East Pipeline Ltd

    Protection of Belugas against drilling in Cacouna

    Acting pro bono with Me Michel Bélanger, TJL won one of the most important legal victories ever won for the protection of the environment.

    The Plaintiffs, a collection of environmental defence groups, obtained an injunction ordering the suspension of exploratory work at Cacouna where Energy East planned to construct an oil tanker port for its transcontinental oil pipeline. Since the port was to be located in a beluga whale habitat on the Saint Lawrence river, the Plaintiffs argued that the exploratory work did not respect environmental norms and threatened the survival of the beluga whale, an endangered species.

    The Honourable Justice Claudine Roy of the Quebec Superior Court initially rejected the request for an provisional injunction. After a second hearing where a more detailed evidence was presented, Justice Roy issued an interlocutory injunction in favour of the Plaintiffs, primarily because the Quebec Minister of the Environment was incapable of explaining how and why it came to the decision to authorize the exploratory work. Justice Roy further held the balance of probabilities favoured the issuing of interlocutory injunction because the exploratory work risked injuring the beluga’s habitat.