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FFMP has been a mainstay of the Montreal legal community for 100 years. FFMP is able to render diverse and immediate service, exercise control over the quality of its work, and provide creative and time-sensitive solutions to the most challenging of mandates.
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Avram Fishman
Mark E. Meland
Gilles Paquin
Nicolas Beaudin
Margo Siminovitch
Jason Dolman
Nicolas Brochu
Tina Silverstein
Betlehem Endale
Matthew Meland
Hugo Carrier-L'Italien
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The Bloom Lake / Wabush Mines Appeal Decision: No Pre-Post Filing Set-Off Exception for the Taxman
On December 22, 2022, the Court of Appeal of Quebec rendered its decision in the Bloom Lake / Wabush Mines case, affirming the judgment rendered in first instance by Justice Michel A. Pinsonnault, which held that Revenu Quebec and the Canada Revenue Agency were not permitted to set-off a pre-filing tax debt against post-filing GST and QST input tax credits/refunds in the context of proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
Coming to a realization – Favouring receivership over liquidating CCAA proceedings
In a decision rendered on March 30, 2022, the Honourable Philippe Bélanger of the Superior Court of Quebec dismissed an application brought by a purported legal hypothec creditor for an initial order under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and instead granted an application by the first-ranking conventional hypothecary creditor, Romspen Investment Corporation for the appointment of a receiver under s. 243 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
Putting on the Brakes – Quebec Judge refuses to grant CCAA Initial Order
In the matter of the plan of compromise or arrangement of Servites de Marie, Les Servites de Marie de Quebec and Collège Servite, on May 13, 2021, the Honourable Justice Daniel Dumais of the Quebec Superior Court refused the request by the Applicants for the issuance of an initial order pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.