Class Action Desroches v. Attorney General of Quebec
On September 5, 2024, following the Superior Court of Québec’s authorization of a class action filed by Kugler Wechsler LLP and Coupal Chauvelot S.A. against the Attorney General of Québec for persons who were unlawfully detained in Québec, we filed the class action lawsuit (available in French only) with the Court.
The class action is for the benefit of the following group of people:
“All persons in Quebec who have been unlawfully detained, either on the basis of a document that does not comply with a court order, or at the end of a prison term, or after a court ordered their release, including but not limited to persons identified in the Attorney General of Quebec’s register of unlawfully detained persons.” [Translation]
You can access further details about this class action by consulting the full-length Notice to members and the abridged Notice to members approved by the Court.
If you have been illegally detained or believe that you are a member of this class action, we encourage you to speak with one of the lawyers below.
All communications with us are confidential, covered by solicitor-client privilege and without cost for you.
Robert Kugler
rkugler@kwlegal.ca
514-360-8882
Alexandre Brosseau-Wery
awery@kwlegal.ca
514-360-8865
Éva Richard
erichard@kwlegal.ca
514-360-8868
Mélissa Des Groseilliers
mdesgroseilliers@kwlegal.ca
514-360-8877
Victor Chauvelot
victor@coupalchauvelot.com
514-903-3390
Louis-Nicholas Coupal
lnc@coupalchauvelot.com
514-903-3390
We will continue to update this page as the case progresses.
We are very pleased to announce that the Superior Court of Québec has rendered a judgment authorizing the class action filed by Kugler Wechsler LLP and Coupal Chauvelot S.A. against the Attorney General of Québec for persons who were unlawfully detained in Québec.
The class action is for the benefit of the following group of people:
“All persons in Quebec who have been unlawfully detained, either on the basis of a document that does not comply with a court order, or at the end of a prison term, or after a court ordered their release, including but not limited to persons identified in the Attorney General of Quebec’s register of unlawfully detained persons. [Translation]”
Kugler Wechsler and Coupal Chauvelot have jointly filed an Application for Authorization to Institute a Class Action against the Attorney General of Québec for persons who were unlawfully detained in Québec.