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5 days ago
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Quebec Superior Court Renders Historic Judgment, Condemning the Attorney General of Quebec to pay $164 Million
MONTREAL, May 25, 2025 /CNW/ - Kugler Kandestin is proud to announce that the Quebec Superior Court has maintained a class action instituted on behalf of approximately 24,000 individuals whose constitutional rights were knowingly violated by the Quebec government. The Judgment awards $7,000 in compensation to individuals who were arrested and illegally detained for longer than the maximum delay permitted by law prior to appearing before a Justice of the Peace. The Criminal Code requires governments throughout the country to ensure that individuals who are arrested are not detained for more than 24 hours before appearing in Court. This rule safeguards the right to liberty and the presumption of innocence, two fundamental rights guaranteed to everyone by the Quebec and Canadian Charters. From 2015 - 2020, the Quebec government failed to allow appearances on Sundays or on statutory holidays, with full knowledge that such a system would result in illegal detentions and in the violation of the fundamental rights of thousands of Quebecers. "This judgment marks a long-overdue recognition of the harm suffered by thousands of marginalized individuals," said attorneys Robert Kugler, Alexandre Brosseau-Wery, and Eva Richard, who were part of the team that led the case, along with Jean-François Benoit and Sophie-Anne Décarie, who are all honoured to have played a role in securing long-awaited justice for so many. For more information on the class action, please contact one of the lawyers : Sophie-Anne Décariemedecarie@ Benoîtjfb@ Robert Kuglerrkugler@ Brosseau-Weryawery@ Éva Richarderichard@ For class members, please call Kugler Kandestin, attorneys, at 514-878-2861 and ask for the extension for the Makoma class action. SOURCE Kugler Kandestin View original content to download multimedia:
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
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Orano Takes Legal Action Over Arbitrary Detention of One of Its Staff in Niger
PARIS, May 13, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: The management of Orano has still received no information regarding the director of Orano Mining Niger, after the Nigerien security services raided the offices of its subsidiaries SOMAÏR, COMINAK, IMOURAREN SA and Orano Mining in Niamey on Monday, May 5th. During this intrusion in the premises, electronic devices and cellphones belonging to all staff were seized and the managing directors of these subsidiaries were held and interrogated in their offices. Following this operation, the director of Orano Mining Niger is reported to have been taken to the headquarters of the Nigerien General Directorate of External Documentation and Surveillance (Direction Générale de la Documentation et de la Sécurité Extérieure, DGDSE). Following this arbitrary, extra-judicial arrest, it has proven impossible to establish any communication with him and the police is still preventing access to subsidiary offices at Niamey. Orano deplores this intervention, for which no legal basis nor reason has been offered, and has therefore decided to file a suit with the courts of the Republic of Niger for arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and unjust confiscation of the property of Nigerien companies, subsidiaries of Orano and the State of Niger itself. The Group once again expresses its deep concern at this situation and is doing everything it can to support its arrested colleague and the teams affected. Orano's top priority remains the security of all of its staff. For the record, last December, Orano observed that it had lost control of subsidiaries in Niger, and opened several international arbitration proceedings against the State of Niger. About OranoAs a leading international operator in the field of nuclear materials, Orano delivers solutions to address present and future global energy and health challenges. Its expertise and mastery of cutting-edge technologies enable Orano to offer its customers high value-added products and services throughout the entire fuel cycle. Every day, the Orano group's 17,500 employees draw on their skills, unwavering dedication to safety and constant quest for innovation, with the commitment to develop know-how in the transformation and control of nuclear materials, for the climate and for a healthy and resource-efficient world, now and tomorrow. Orano, giving nuclear energy its full value. View source version on Contacts Press Office +33 (0)1 34 96 12 15press@ Investor relations Marc Quesnoyinvestors@
