Associate
Sophie Gingras practises primarily in the areas of civil and commercial litigation and insurance law. She also has considerable experience in family and estate law.

Ms. Gingras has been involved at all stages of the trial process ­ developing the trial strategy, preparing the witnesses, conducting examinations, drafting written arguments, negotiation and pleading ­ before several different courts and tribunals.

She is the author of articles and texts dealing with various issues in her areas of practice, contributing regularly to CCH’s Juriste collection and to the Repères bulletins, published on La Référence, an online service of Les Éditions Yvon Blais.

Publications and presentations

• “Survival of the Support Obligation”, a seminar given as part of education day of the Association des familialistes de Québec, May 6, 2010
• Comment on the decision in A. v. B., sub nom., Droit de la famille – 091768, commonly referred to as the Lola case ­ The provisions of the Civil Code of Quebec governing the relationship between married spouses or spouses in a civil union do not apply to common law spouses, October 2009
• Comment on the decision in K.(V.) v. D.(S.) Droit de la famille – 071938 ­ The family residence transferred to a family trust: consequences in family proceedings, October 2007
• Comment on the decision in Impulsora Turistica de Occidente, S.A. de C.V. v. Transat Tours Canada Inc. ­ do the Quebec courts have jurisdiction to issue an injunction solely with extraterritorial effect?, July 2007
• Comment on the decision in Ceracaise v. Catalfamo ­ Can a hypothec be validly granted against a taxi permit?, March 2007
• Comment on the decision in Perreault v. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA of Western Quebec Inc.) ­ The loss of a pet: rights and recourses, October 2006
• Comment on the decision in Spiroulias v. Chriscon Investments Ltd. ­ Can the plaintiff remedy his lack of standing in the context of the application of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act?, August 2006
• Comment on the decision in 299 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Investments Ltd. v. Trust Général du Canada ­ Is the fact that the tenant stopped offering banking services at the counter in the leased premises and set up mortgage development services and an automatic teller machine there instead tantamount to a change of destination of the leased premises triggering the application of a penal clause contained in the commercial lease?, May 2006
• Comment on the decision in Chibougamau (Municipal Corporation of the Town) v. Lamontagne ¬­ Is the buyer of an immovable sold for a lower price than the amount entered on the assessment roll entitled to the reimbursement of the transfer duties if, after the purchase, the municipality retroactively reduces the assessment of the immovable?, March 2006
• “Deprivation of the parental authority of a person acting in loco parentis”, Bulletin in the Juriste Collection, Brossard, CCH Publications, vol. 8, no. 2, February 2006