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News Flash: The CLP is Changing its Rules!
DATE
August 28, 2007
The Government recently approved certain amendments to the Rules of Evidence, Procedure and Practice of Quebec's Commission des lésions professionnelles and accordingly adopted the Regulation to amend the Rules of evidence, procedure and practice of the Commission des lésions professionnelles, G.O., August 15, 2007, Vol. 139, No. 33, which amendments will come into force on August 30, 2007.
We draw your attention to the following principal changes, and invite you to contact a member of our team for any questions or additional information in this connection:
- a subpoena will have to be notified at least 10 days prior to the hearing date, rather than 5 days
- a witness who is required to provide documents concerning the state of health of a person will have to take the necessary measures to protect the confidentiality of the information in the documents;
- as soon as the decision is made to call an expert witness to testify, the party wishing to call such witness will have to inform the CLP and indicate the witness's name and profession;
- in making its award, the CLP will not be able to consider any evidence that the parties have not had an opportunity to comment on or refute.
- For further information, please contact one of the following members of Ogilvy Renault LLP:
About Ogilvy Renault
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Diane Lajeunesse
Montréal
514.847.4601
dlajeunesse@ogilvyrenault.com
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Jocelyn F. Rancourt
Québec
418.640.5003
jrancourt@ogilvyrenault.com
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