Transportation Law

Complex Standards Require Specialized Expertise

The transportation industry is one of the pillars of our economy and numerous requirements regulate its activities. Our team in transportation law helps our clients gain a better understanding of the industry’s complex standards. We also advise and defend their interests in commercial transactions and litigation.

For several years, our team has been demonstrating its involvement in the industry by leveraging its knowledge and expertise on behalf of a clientele comprised of goods and passenger carriers, distributors, warehouse operators, consignees, transport service intermediaries, shippers, brokers and other participants. In so doing, our team is frequently called upon for the interpretation of laws and regulations affecting the rights and obligations of the different industry participants at the provincial, national and international levels.

 

Active on Every Level

Our team represents clients before all Courts of Quebec as well as certain Courts in Ontario in cases of commercial and civil litigation such as lost or damaged goods claims, unpaid transport or storage charges and penal complaints.

Our team also advises clients on commercial matters, in addition to drafting and negotiating agreements pertaining to local, national or international transactions within the industry, including transport, sub-contracting, distribution, storage, financing and partnership agreements. Moreover, clients frequently request our team’s expertise in the sale, acquisition and merger of transportation companies by asking our attorneys to establish the right structures to avoid the injurious consequences that can arise from such transactions.

Finally, because of their reputation as legislative leaders in this industry, our attorneys are often solicited to lecture and train employees of trucking and insurance companies, other private corporations, as well as the general public.

 

Key Services

  • Owner and operator safety record analysis, and remedy or relief recommendations
  • Consultations and opinions on rights and obligations of carriers, shippers, consignees, brokers and transport service intermediaries, and applicable commercial transaction regulations
  • Penal offence contestations
  • Filing of bus transport permit applications for the province of Quebec
  • Filing of truck transport permit and brokerage license applications in the United States
  • Registrations and renewals of registrations with government authorities
  • Interpretation of road transportation laws and regulations
  • Interventions with the Quebec Transport Commission, the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec and the Ministry of Transport
  • Litigation of all sorts, notably lost or damaged goods claims and unpaid transport or storage charge claims
  • Interventions in bus transport permit applications and oppositions thereto
  • Drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements such as transport, storage, brokerage, distribution, vehicle rental and sub-contracting agreements, as well as confidentiality, partnership, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements
  • Representation before the Quebec Transport Commission in matters of behaviour evaluation
  • Representation before civil, penal and administrative Courts