Simon Grégoire, FCIArb

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Achieving (for contractors, owners, engineers
  equipment manufacturers) negotiated
  favourable settlements of a number of major claims in the fields of civil engineering (site preparation, highways, bridges, hydroelectric works), industrial projects (mines, petrochemical plants, sawmills), building projects (hospitals, stadiums, office buildings, etc.),
  engineering services.
  Inter-Cite Construction Ltee v. Procureur General du Quebec (MTQ): obtained a judgment, awarding over a million dollars of compensation to a contractor that had not been awarded a contract owing to a reservation clause, in order to cover the costs incurred by the contractor for the resources assigned to the project in vain (management staff
  machinery) during the period preceding the sending of the notice of cancellation of the project.
  Construction du St-Laurent v. Aluminerie Alouette: obtaining for the contractor responsible for the site preparation work a judgment awarding compensation to cover its additional costs resulting from changes to the contract
  to soil conditions different from those anticipated.
  Kiewit v. Hydro-Quebec: obtaining for the contractor responsible for the concrete work on a hydro-electric power station, a judgment awarding compensation for additional costs resulting from design problems, delays incurred in the delivery of the working areas, delays in obtaining answers to technical questions raised by the design problems
  delays resulting from union pressure tactics
  an unreasonable application of the rules governing the quality control.
  Dawcolectric v. Hydro-Quebec: obtaining for the contractor responsible for carrying out of the mechanical
  electrical repairs to an operating hydro-electric power station a judgment awarding compensation to cover its additional costs resulting from design problems, delays in the delivery of working areas
  in obtaining answers to technical questions raised by the design problems,
  delays resulting from an unreasonable application of the safety measures
  interferences with the contractor's working methods.
  Obtaining several arbitral awards allowing claims for additional compensation of contractors involved in major construction projects (gas pipelines, a terephthalic acid plant, etc.).
  Lepage v. Groupe Aecon Ltee: obtaining a judgment dismissing a claim for additional remuneration of several millions of dollars asserted by former employees of a contractor.
  Ministre de l'environnement v. 9007-5193 Quebec Inc.: obtaining a court order against the Minister of the Environment directing him to issue an authorization certificate to permit the continued operation of a l
  fill site.
  Planification-organisation-publications systemes (POPS) Ltee et Elizabeth Posada v. 9054-8181 Quebec Inc., Philippe Chapuis et Benoit Bazoge: obtaining the dismissal of an action for breach of copyright by university professors
  Federation canadienne d'escrime v. Pound: obtaining the dismissal of a motion filed by the Canadian Fencing Association to quash an arbitral award rendered by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada.