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APA\u00a0Inc. Experts Conseils\/Consultants and Forgeron Engineering Limited v. Fares Construction\u00a0Ltd., 2025\u00a0NSCA\u00a042<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Le 10 juin 2025, la Cour d\u2019appel de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse a autoris\u00e9 Forgeron Engineering Limited \u00e0 modifier ses actes de proc\u00e9dure dans un litige complexe. Elle a alors infirm\u00e9 la d\u00e9cision de premi\u00e8re instance et condamn\u00e9 l\u2019assureur au paiement des frais de justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cet arr\u00eat s\u2019inscrit dans le cadre d\u2019un litige multipartite portant sur l\u2019effondrement d\u2019une grue lors d\u2019un ouragan \u00e0 Halifax, en 2019. Notre cliente, Forgeron Engineering Limited, avait effectu\u00e9 un essai de levage avant l\u2019effondrement. L\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement a donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 un litige d\u2019envergure : plus de 200 actes de proc\u00e9dure, plusieurs dizaines de parties et plus de 28 avocats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lors du d\u00e9p\u00f4t des documents, en 2023, une police d\u2019assurance construction (la \u00ab police \u00bb) de La Souveraine, Compagnie d\u2019assurance g\u00e9n\u00e9rale (\u00ab La Souveraine \u00bb) souscrite au d\u00e9but du projet est d\u00e9couverte dans l\u2019affidavit de documents de Fares. La police comprend une couverture responsabilit\u00e9 civile globale de chantier de 10 millions de dollars. Non seulement le libell\u00e9 couvre l\u2019effondrement de la grue, il renferme une clause stipulant que [traduction] \u00ab tous les entrepreneurs, sous-entrepreneurs, charg\u00e9s de projet et de construction, architectes, ing\u00e9nieurs et consultants \u00bb sont des \u00ab assur\u00e9s \u00bb. Or, notre cliente ignorait l\u2019existence de cette police \u00e0 la date limite de d\u00e9p\u00f4t des actes de proc\u00e9dure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Par cons\u00e9quent, Forgeron demande l\u2019autorisation de modifier ses actes de proc\u00e9dure comme suit :<\/p>\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Ajout de La\u00a0Souveraine en tant que partie.<\/li>\n
  2. Modification des d\u00e9fenses relatives aux demandes entre d\u00e9fendeurs, aux mises en cause et aux mises en cause subs\u00e9quentes pour plaider que\u00a0:\n
      \n
    1. Forgeron est un \u00ab\u00a0assur\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb au sens de la police;<\/li>\n
    2. les r\u00e9clamations contre Forgeron sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es par La\u00a0Souveraine au nom de Fares et Lead, deux coassur\u00e9s;<\/li>\n
    3. un assureur ne peut en droit poursuivre son assur\u00e9 au nom d\u2019un coassur\u00e9;<\/li>\n
    4. par cons\u00e9quent, les r\u00e9clamations de Fares et Lead contre Forgeron doivent \u00eatre rejet\u00e9es.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

      Cette demande de modification est rejet\u00e9e par le juge, qui applique la mauvaise norme juridique en proc\u00e9dant \u00e0 une analyse au fond plut\u00f4t qu\u2019\u00e0 un examen \u00e0 premi\u00e8re vue du fondement juridique des modifications. En appel, la Cour d\u2019appel de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse nous donne raison et autorise Forgeron \u00e0 modifier ses actes de proc\u00e9dure, en plus de condamner l\u2019assureur, La Souveraine, au paiement des frais de justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      L\u2019impact des modifications est colossal. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision de la Cour d\u2019appel, notre cliente pourra faire rejeter de nombreuses r\u00e9clamations la concernant et pourrait profiter d\u2019une couverture de 10 millions de dollars pour ses frais de d\u00e9fense, contre 250 000 $ pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Deux avocats de Miller Thomson repr\u00e9sentaient Forgeron Engineering Limited : Richard MacGregor et Izabella Chamberland (Litige commercial et Litige en construction).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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