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Martin Boodman: Lawyer with McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Martin Boodman

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Montreal,  QU  Canada
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  • Corporate Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Environmental
 
University Université de Paris II, Doctorate, 1980
 
Law SchoolMcGill University (B.C.L., 1975; LL.B., 1977)
 
Admitted1981, Québec
 
Biography

Martin Boodman is a partner in our Litigation Group and Director of Research in Montréal. He works in complex litigation and transactional matters.

From 1983 to 1995, Mr. Boodman was a full-time law professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill University. During this time, he taught and published in the fields of security on property, comparative law, sales and law, as well as economics. Mr. Boodman received prizes from the Fondation du Barreau du Québec and the American Society for Comparative Law for his publications.

Mr. Boodman was a member of the Research Ethics Committee of the Montréal Neurological Institute and of the sub-committee of the Barreau du Québec regarding the English version of the Civil Code of Québec. He is currently president of the Research and Knowledge Management Section, Québec Branch, Canadian Bar Association and a member of the Committee on Obligations and Civil Liability of the Barreau du Québec. Mr. Boodman has recently given numerous conferences on comparative contract law and published an article entitled "Choice of Law and Manufacturer's Liability in Quebec" in the Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2012.

Mr. Boodman obtained his BCL and his LLB from McGill University. He also received a doctorate from the Université de Paris (II) in 1980. Mr. Boodman was called to the Québec bar in 1981.

 
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The Second Opinion: Loss of Chance - A Lost Cause in Quebec
Martin Boodman, June 3, 2013
In Lévesque v. Hudon, 2013 QCCA 920, the Quebec Court of Appeal has confirmed that the theory of loss of chance or increase of risk does not apply to establish causation under the law of Quebec.

Second Opinion: Contracting Out of Prescription / Limitations - A Quebec Perspective
Martin Boodman, May 21, 2013
Under the law of Quebec, article 2884 C.C.Q. prohibits the modification by contract of the prescriptive or limitations period provided by law. The prohibition applies to all contracts including commercial or business contracts. By contrast, Ontario law permits the modification of limitation...

Ignorance is Not Bliss: Beware Minimal Due Diligence
Martin Boodman,Shane C. D'Souza, May 7, 2013
The Quebec Court of Appeal’s decision in Francoeur v. 4417186 Canada Inc., 2013 QCCA 191, provides a cautionary tale on the dangers of entering into a share purchase agreement and subsequently closing a share purchase transaction, without ample due diligence.



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Martin Boodman
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Suite 2500, 1000 de La Gauchetière Street West
Montreal, QU H3B 0A2
 

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