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40309

Danny Lamoureux v. Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM)

(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)

(Sealing order) (Certain information not available to the public)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2023-09-22 Close file on Leave
2023-09-22 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, all parties, Re: certificate of taxation
2023-09-19 Certificate of taxation issued to, Alexis Leray
2023-09-19 Decision on the bill of costs, in the amount of $1,117.38, Reg
2023-09-19 Submission of the bill of costs, Reg
2023-06-12 Bill of costs, Completed on: 2023-06-22 Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM)
2023-03-30 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2023-03-30 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2023-03-30 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-09-029478-211, 2022 QCCA 685, dated May 13, 2022, is dismissed with costs.
Dismissed, with costs
2023-02-27 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2022-09-26 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23B, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-27) Danny Lamoureux
2022-09-26 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-27, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-27) Danny Lamoureux
2022-09-16 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), Form 23B, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-16) Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM)
2022-09-16 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), Form 23A, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-16) Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM)
2022-09-16 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2022-09-16) Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM)
2022-09-16 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2022-09-16, (Printed version filed on 2022-09-16) Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM)
2022-08-17 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2022-08-17
2022-08-04 Supplemental document, (Letter Form), supplemental 01: Proces-verbal, 7 decembre 2020
supplemental 02: Proces-verbal, 8 decembre 2020, (Printed version due on 2022-08-11)
Danny Lamoureux
2022-08-04 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), Amended 23B rec'd 2022-11-29, (Printed version due on 2022-08-11) Danny Lamoureux
2022-08-04 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23A, (Printed version due on 2022-08-11) Danny Lamoureux
2022-08-04 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), (3 volumes), CONFIDENTIAL-RESTRICTED (VOLUMES II & III only)

received: print and electronic copies of both the confidential and redacted versions (rec'd 2022-08-04)

required:
-clarification regarding nature of sensitivity on file (rec'd 2022-08-19)
-amended 23B (rec'd 2022-11-29), Completed on: 2022-11-29
Danny Lamoureux

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Lamoureux, Danny Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM) Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Lamoureux, Danny

Counsel
Name
Louis Demers
Contact information
GSG Avocats
Bureau 2400
500, Place d'Armes
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 2W2
Telephone: (514) 312-0448
FAX: (514) 842-5913
Email: ldemers@gsgavocats.ca
Agent
Name
Marie-France Major
Contact information
Supreme Advocacy LLP
340 Gilmour Street
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM)

Counsel
Names
Alexis Leray
Stéphane Pitre
Anne Merminod
Contact information
Borden Ladner Gervais s.e.n.c.r.l., s.r.l.
Bureau 900
100, rue De La Gauchetière Ouest
Montréal, Quebec
H3B 5H4
Telephone: (514) 879-1212
FAX: (514) 954-1905
Email: ALeray@blg.com
Agent
Name
Nadia Effendi
Contact information
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
World Exchange Plaza
100 Queen Street, suite 1300
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1J9
Telephone: (613) 787-3562
FAX: (613) 230-8842
Email: neffendi@blg.com

Summary

Keywords

Civil procedure — Class actions — Human rights — Privacy and protection of personal information — Computer in respondent’s possession containing personal information lost — Computer never returned or found — Damages for loss of data — Punitive damages — Whether application for leave to appeal raises question of public importance.

Summary

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(SEALING ORDER) (CERTAIN INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC)

The class action instituted by the applicant, Mr. Lamoureux, against the respondent, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (“IIROC”), arose from the fact that a laptop computer containing the personal information of thousands of Canadian investors had been left on a train by an IIROC inspector. The unidentified device was never returned or found. The class action sought, among other things, compensatory damages for the injury suffered as a result of the loss of the computer and the personal information. The Superior Court dismissed the class action, finding that the members’ fears and annoyances due to the loss of personal information could not constitute compensable damage. In its opinion, they were more like the normal inconveniences that people living in society encounter and should have to accept. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, noting that no palpable and overriding error had been identified in the judgment under appeal. In its view, Mr. Lamoureux was asking it to reassess the evidence in order to reach a different conclusion than the judge, which was not the role of an appellate court.

Lower court rulings

March 26, 2021
Superior Court of Quebec

500-06-000774-154

Amended class action dismissed

May 13, 2022
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)

2022 QCCA 685, 500-09-029478-211

Appeal dismissed

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-02-27