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Supreme Court rules against Kanesatake in $2-million dispute with Quebec lawyer
The Supreme Court confirmed the debt's validity after the lawyer preserved his claim through legal seizures, clarifying creditor rights under Quebec law.
- On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled that a debt owed by the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake to Quebec lawyer Louis-Victor Sylvestre remains collectible after more than two decades.
- The dispute began when Louis-Victor Sylvestre and experts were hired between 2001 and 2003 to fight a niobium mine in Oka, Que., but the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake never paid, arguing the time limit expired.
- Sylvestre obtained a default judgment in Quebec Superior Court in October 2004 and since 2004 has attempted seizures that restarted the 10-year limitation period under Quebec law and preserved his right to collect.
- Sylvestre now has until November 2026 to pursue collection, while Serge Simon said he was `devastated` and warned paying could require `cutting services back to the bone`.
- The Supreme Court said `the 10-year period exists to ensure people act on time... but it should not punish creditors who take the right steps before the deadline`, clarifying Quebec limitation rules after an unsuccessful 2016 seizure.
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Kanehsatà:ke loses $2-million dispute in Supreme Court after legal battle with Quebec lawyer
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a unanimous decision that a debt owed by the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake to Quebec lawyer Louis-Victor Sylvestre has not been extinguished.
·Canada
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The costs are related to the services of a lawyer and experts who helped the community fight a mining project.
·Montreal, Canada
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The Mohawk Council never paid the amounts invoiced for the work performed between 2001 and 2003.
·Montreal, Canada
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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a debt owed by the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, in the Laurentians, to a Quebec lawyer remains after more than two decades.
·Montreal, Canada
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Supreme Court rules against Kanesatake in $2-million dispute with Quebec lawyer
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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