Background
SHEPPARD, CLAUDE-ARMAND was born on May 26, 1935 in Ghent, Belgium,: admitted to bar, 1959, Quebec.
SHEPPARD, CLAUDE-ARMAND was born on May 26, 1935 in Ghent, Belgium,: admitted to bar, 1959, Quebec.
McGill University (Bachelor of Arts, 1955. Bachelor of Civil Law, 1958).
Worked at Robinson Sheppard Shapiro, G.P. (Montreal, QU) specializing in General Practice, including Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Family, Municipal, Administrative and Constitutional, Labour, Real Estate, Commercial, Corporate and Securities, Trademark, Banking and Bankruptcy and Taxation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1959, Quebec. Author: "Raymond et al. v.
Miron et al.," 4 McGill Law Journal, pp. 88-103, 1957; "La Ville de Dorval v. Drouin," 4 McGill Law Journal, pp.
301-04, 1958; "Roncarelli v. Duplessis: Art. 1053 C.C. Revolutionized," 6 McGill Law Journal, pp. 76-97, 1960; "Le mandant clandestin n'a pas de recours contre le tiers," 44 Themis, pp.
209-234, 1962; "Bankruptcy and Resolutory Clauses in Leases," Revue du Barreau, pp. 452-472, 1962; "La loi de l'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents d'automobile," Revue de Barreau, pp. 74-95, 1962; "The Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants in Quebec Law," Revue du Barreau, pp.
311-353, 1963; "Do Mandatory Injunctions Exist in Quebec Law?," 9 McGill Law Journal, pp. 41-52, 1963; L'automobiliste et la loi, 2čme éd., Montréal, 1963. "Chiropractic and the Law," 22 Journal of Canadian Association of Medical Students and Interns, pp.
16-22, 1963; "Le droit ŕ l'interprčte," Revue de Barreau, pp. 148-158, 1964; "Problčme juridique de la chiropraxie," 14 Themis, pp. 45-56, 1964; "Is Parliament still Sovereign?," Canadian Bar Journal, pp.
39-47, 1964; "An Ombudsman for Canada," 10 McGill Law Journal, pp. 291-340, 1964; "The Use of Photostatic Proof," Revue du Barreau, pp. 3-30, 1965; "Considerations on Parole," in Actes du 4č Colloque de Recherche sur la délinquance et la criminalité, Montréal, pp.
485-495, 1965; "The Uses of Electronic Computers in Criminal Justice," Canadian Bar Journal, pp. 384-395, 1965; "Protection des économiquement faibles en droit québécois et en droit canadien," in Les inégalités socio-économiques et la pauvreté au Québec, Symposium de Lévis, Conseil de Bien-ętre du Québec, Quebec, 1965. "The Law of Languages in Canada," 1167 page report for the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, 1966.
"L' automobiliste et la loi," 3rd ed., Montreal, 1968. L'organisation des professions dans les domaines de la santé et du bien-ętre au Québec, 3000-pages, 9 volume report on the medical, paramedical and welfare professions, for the Royal Commission on Health and Social Welfare. Quebec Official Editor, "Obstacles juridiques ŕ la mobilité de la main d'oeuvre," study of legal structures of hospital workers for inter-governmental agency, hospitaličre, 305 pages, 1970.
"Utilisation du sol autour du Nouvel Aéroport International de Montréal," confidential study of constitutional and legal problems of a new international jetport for Federal Department of Transport, Dossier Wagner, Montréal, 1972. "Inventaire Critique des Droits Linguistiques au Québec," 1682 pages, 3 volume, study on language rights for Quebec Government, Official Editor, 1973. "Réglementation fédérale et provinciale de la langue de la publicité," 150 page monograph for Commission d'enquęte sur la situation de la langue française et des droits linguistiques au Québec, 1973.
"Yougoslavie Droits linguistiques et culturels," 231 page study for Commission d'enquęte sur la situation de la langue française et des droits linguistiques au Québec, 1973. "La loi canadienne de l'avortement," in La Polémique autour de la question de l'avortement et l'Affaire Morgentaler, Montreal, 1976. Member, Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1973-1975.
President, International Institute of Comparative and Linguistic Law. Former Counsel to Parliamentary Committee and various Royal Commissions. President, Fondation André-Guerin.
Member: Montreal, Quebec, Canadian and American Bar Associations. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Well established in the business community for more than seventy-five (75) years, Robinson Sheppard Shapiro today enjoys an international reputation.
As a medium-sized firm, it offers more personalized service at reasonable cost. Our services are available in several languages, reflecting the multicultural reality of Canada, whether cases relate to Quebec civil law or to common law of other provinces.
Past president Canadian Civil Liberties Union. Former member Canadian Advisory Council on Status of Women. Member American Bar Association (associate), Canada Bar Association, International Institute Comparative Linguistic Law (president since 1987), Quebec Bar Foundation (governor), Foundation André-Guerin (president since 1991), Foundation Montreal 2000 (vice president since 1994).
M. Claudine Proutat; children— Jean-Pierre, Michel, Marie-Claude, Stephane, Annabelle.