Injunctions and Urgent Claims
Our expertise
Woods routinely represents businesses and individuals to obtain or challenge extraordinary and urgent relief, such as injunctions and seizures, including of the Anton Piller, Norwich, and Mareva types.
Our ability to work under pressure, our efficiency, and our credibility with decision-makers acquired over the years allow us to optimize our clients’ likelihood of success in such proceedings.
We understand the considerable strategic impact that preliminary decisions can have, even when rendered in an urgent context based on limited evidence. Therefore, we advise our clients based on their short, medium, and long-term objectives, aiming to position them favourably for eventual settlement discussions or a debate on the merits of the dispute.
Representative Work
Air India, Ltd. v. CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd., 2022 QCCA 1264
Counsel for Air India against recognition and enforcement proceedings related to approximately USD$111M arbitral award rendered against the Republic of India pursuant to a bilateral investment treaty between the latter and Devas.
Syndicat des copropriétaires du 1125 rue Ontario et al. v. 9257-3302 Québec Inc. et al, n. 500-17-112520-203, 500-17-112846-202 and 500-17-113671-203
Obtained a Mareva injunction order, upheld at the interlocutory stage, freezing the assets of the promoter of a real estate project in Montreal, in the context of an ongoing multi-million dollar dispute for latent defects in construction and design.
Telus Communications Inc. v. Vidéotron Ltée, 2021 CF 1127
Acting for Videotron in defence of an application for judicial review filed by TELUS and Bell before the Federal Court challenging Videotron Ltd.’s eligibility of $830M worth of spectrum licences awarded to Videotron following a spectrum auction held by the Minister of Industry.
2295822 Canada inc. (Re), Paul H. Benjamin (Re) et Gestion Itzamna inc. (Re), n. 500-11-046917-148
Acted for Hachette (Lagardère Group) and several trustees in connection with bankruptcy proceedings, corporate and personal bankruptcies and a multitude of motions for unenforceability in connection with the termination of the activities of Benjamin News Inc. Having obtained an arbitration award and judgments totalling more than $20M against this company and related persons, notably for having misrepresented the company’s solvency in the context of an asset sale, Woods has obtained Marevatype orders against a complex network of entities and individuals, has obtained the recognition of one of the bankruptcies in the United States, and is overseeing the realization of assets in several jurisdictions.
7503083 Canada Inc. et al. v. Jacky Tran Cheang, n. 500-17-111991-207
Obtained Mareva and Norwich injunction orders, freezing the assets of an employee who misappropriated significant funds from the employer’s accounts and enjoining various institutions to provide information and documents allowing the tracking and location of the funds misappropriated by the employee.
HRM Projet Children inc. v. Devimco Immobilier inc., 2020 QCCA 1123
Obtained for Devimco, one of Montreal’s largest real estate developers, a mandatory interlocutory injunction order in a project valued at $400M on the former site of the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
IMS Health Canada Inc. v. Think Business Insights Ltd., 2013 QCCS 16
Obtained the dismissal of the injunction proceedings brought by a competitor in an attempt to restrain our client from engaging in certain activities.
Desjardins Securities Inc. v. Lambert, 2009 QCCS 4278
Obtained orders on behalf of Valeurs mobilières Desjardins preventing two former employees and RBC Dominion Securities from disclosing confidential information and soliciting their clients.
Domtar v. Hydro-Québec, R-3820-2012, D-2012-162 and D-2013-058
Secured the issuance of a provisional injunction, a safeguard order and obtaining a final judgment from the Régie de l’énergie (Quebec Energy Board), to prevent the dismissal of a bid for illegal reasons, in a program for the purchase of electricity produced by cogeneration from residual forest biomass.
Transcontinental inc. v. Publications TVA inc., 2005 QCCA 786
Obtained an order for an interlocutory injunction to force a competitor to cease providing printing and pre-printing services in respect of a magazine. We also obtained the dismissal of the request for permission to appeal the order.
