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Claims in Quebec

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Extension of time in QuebecQuebec's Civil Code says nothing about time for completion. What fills the gap, and why a delay claim here is pleaded as fault rather than as entitlement.QuebecAugust 8, 2026
Quebec vs common-law CanadaThirty-nine points at which a common-law-trained practitioner will get Quebec wrong, and the five things to fix in an imported precedent.QuebecAugust 8, 2026
The Civil Code framework for delayArts 2098 to 2129 C.c.Q. contain no completion date and no extension mechanism. What follows from that absence.QuebecAugust 8, 2026
Notice and time bars in QuebecClaim procedures are enforced strictly, and there are exactly three ways round one, plus two clocks that run independently.QuebecAugust 8, 2026
Concurrent delay in QuebecThere is no Quebec doctrine of concurrent delay. What apportionment of fault does instead, and why the burden starts against the contractor.QuebecAugust 8, 2026
Delay penalties and the clause pénaleA penal clause is valid and enforceable without proof of loss, and reducible. The characterisation argument a common lawyer reaches for does not exist here.QuebecAugust 8, 2026
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