Dunton Rainville, Barristers & Solicitors

In order to meet our clients’ ongoing needs, Dunton Rainville has put together the largest public law team in the Province of Québec. Our team of more than 30 professionals counsels our clients, representing their interests in front of the relevant administrative and judicial decision-making bodies in the province. Our experience in public law has allowed us to develop expertise in a wide range of professional services and to find flexible solutions for our clients’ specific needs.

We are capable of answering and solving all of our clients’ legal queries in the field of public law.

Access to Information
■ Access rights and rectification
■ Personal information
Municipal Affairs
    ■ Adjudication of municipal contracts
    ■ Urban development
    ■ Property evaluation and taxation, and tax collection
    ■ Expropriation
    ■ Financing
    ■ Municipal taxation
    ■ Environmental legislation and protection of
       agricultural land
    ■ Public and private partnerships
    ■ Protection of Elected Officials
    ■ Drafting of legislation (statutes and by-laws)
    ■ Legal representation before the Québec
       Administrative Tribunal
    ■ Municipal liability
Agriculture and Agri-Foods Law
Constitutional Law
    ■ Contestation of administrative rulings
    ■ Contestations of laws, by-laws and regulations
    ■ Jurisdictional issues (shared jurisdiction conflicts)
    ■ Drafting of legislation
Professional and Disciplinary Law
Human Rights and Freedoms
    ■ Discrimination
    ■ Freedom of speech and peaceful gatherings
    ■ Protection of personal information and right
       to privacy
    ■ Representations before the Human Rights
       Commission, Youth Rights and before the Human
       Rights Tribunal.
Environment
    ■ Environmental legislation
    ■ Protection of agricultural land
    ■ Liability
    ■ Representation before the courts
Education, Health and Social Services and School
   Board Affairs
    ■ Right to proper services
    ■ Elections
    ■ Taxation
    ■ Act respecting Health Services and Social Services
    ■ Internal organization
    ■ Drafting and negotiation of contracts
    ■ Representations before judicial and
       administrative tribunals
    ■ Motions for consent to care and authorizations
       to proceed with treatment
    ■ Liability
Litigation Involving a Public Body
    ■ Jurisdiction of the decisional bodies
    ■ Judicial review
    ■ Representation before the Québec
       Administrative Tribunal
Penal and Criminal
    ■ City prosecutor before Municipal Court
    ■ Employer’s penal liability
    ■ Corporate penal liability
    ■ Individual penal liability
Class Action