SUPREME
COURT OF CANADA
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Citation: 9354-9186 Québec inc. v.
Callidus Capital Corp.*
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Appeals
Heard and Judgment Rendered: January 23, 2020
Reasons
for Judgment: to follow
Docket: 38594
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Between:
9354-9186 Québec inc. and 9354-9178 Québec inc.
Appellants
and
Callidus Capital Corporation,
International Game Technology, Deloitte LLP,
Luc Carignan, François Vigneault,
Philippe Millette, Francis Proulx and François Pelletier
Respondents
- and -
Ernst & Young Inc., IMF
Bentham Limited,
Bentham IMF Capital Limited,
Insolvency Institute of Canada and
Canadian Association of
Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals
Interveners
And Between:
IMF Bentham Limited and Bentham IMF
Capital Limited
Appellants
and
Callidus Capital Corporation,
International Game Technology, Deloitte LLP,
Luc Carignan, François Vigneault,
Philippe Millette, Francis Proulx and François Pelletier
Respondents
- and -
Ernst & Young Inc., 9354-9186
Québec inc., 9354-9178 Québec inc.,
Insolvency Institute of Canada
and
Canadian Association of
Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals
Interveners
Coram: Wagner C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe and
Kasirer JJ.
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Judgment:
(para. 1)
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Wagner C.J. (Abella, Moldaver,
Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe and Kasirer JJ. concurring)
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Counsel:
Jean-Philippe Groleau, Christian Lachance, Gabriel Lavery Lepage and Hannah Toledano, for the appellants/interveners
9354-9186 Québec inc. and 9354-9178 Québec inc.
Neil A. Peden, for the appellants/interveners IMF Bentham Limited and Bentham IMF Capital Limited.
Geneviève Cloutier and Clifton P. Prophet, for the respondent Callidus Capital Corporation.
Jocelyn Perreault, Noah Zucker and François Alexandre Toupin, for the respondents International Game Technology, Deloitte LLP,
Luc Carignan, François Vigneault, Philippe Millette, Francis Proulx and
François Pelletier.
Joseph Reynaud and Nathalie Nouvet, for the intervener Ernst &
Young Inc.
Sylvain Rigaud, Arad Mojtahedi and Saam Pousht-Mashhad, for the interveners the Insolvency
Institute of Canada and the Canadian Association of Insolvency and
Restructuring Professionals.
Note: This document is subject to editorial revision before its
reproduction in final form in the Canada Supreme Court Reports.
* Neutral citation to follow.
No. 38594
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January 27, 2020
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Le 27 janvier 2020
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Coram: Wagner C.J. and Abella, Moldaver,
Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe and Kasirer JJ.
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Coram : Le juge en chef Wagner et
les juges Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe et Kasirer
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BETWEEN:
9354-9186 Québec inc. and
9354-9178 Québec inc.
Appellants
- and -
Callidus Capital Corporation,
International Game Technology, Deloitte LLP,
Luc Carignan, François Vigneault, Philippe
Millette, Francis Proulx and François Pelletier
Respondents
- and -
Ernst & Young Inc., IMF Bentham
Limited, Bentham IMF Capital Limited, Insolvency Institute of Canada and
Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals
Interveners
AND BETWEEN:
IMF Bentham Limited and
Bentham IMF Capital Limited
Appellants
- and -
Callidus Capital Corporation, International Game
Technology, Deloitte LLP,
Luc Carignan, François Vigneault,
Philippe Millette, Francis Proulx and François Pelletier
Respondents
- and -
Ernst & Young Inc., 9354-9186
Québec inc., 9354-9178 Québec inc.,
Insolvency Institute of Canada and
Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals
Interveners
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ENTRE :
9354-9186 Québec inc. et
9354-9178 Québec inc.
Appelantes
- et -
Callidus Capital Corporation,
International Game Technology, Deloitte S.E.N.C.R.L., Luc Carignan, François
Vigneault,
Philippe Millette, Francis Proulx et
François Pelletier
Intimés
- et -
Ernst & Young Inc., IMF Bentham Limited,
Corporation Bentham IMF Capital,
Institut d’insolvabilité du Canada et
Association canadienne des
professionnels de l’insolvabilité et de la réorganisation
Intervenants
ET ENTRE :
IMF Bentham Limited et
Corporation Bentham IMF Capital
Appelantes
- et -
Callidus Capital Corporation,
International Game Technology, Deloitte S.E.N.C.R.L., Luc Carignan, François
Vigneault,
Philippe Millette, Francis Proulx et
François Pelletier
Intimés
- et -
Ernst & Young Inc., 9354-9186
Québec inc., 9354-9178 Québec inc.,
Institut d’insolvabilité du Canada et
Association canadienne des
professionnels de l’insolvabilité et de la réorganisation
Intervenants
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JUDGMENT
The appeals
from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-09-027421-189,
2019 QCCA 171, dated February 4, 2019, were heard on January 23,
2020, and the Court on that day delivered the following judgment orally:
The Chief Justice —
We are all of the view to allow the appeals and reinstate the decision of the
Superior Court rendered by Justice Jean-François Michaud on March 16,
2018, with costs in this Court and in the Court of Appeal. Reasons to follow.
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JUGEMENT
Les appels
interjetés contre l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel du Québec (Montréal), numéro 500-09-027421-189,
2019 QCCA 171, daté du 4 février 2019, ont été entendus le 23 janvier
2020 et la Cour a prononcé oralement le même jour le jugement suivant :
[traduction]
Le juge en chef —
Nous sommes toutes et tous d’avis d’accueillir les appels et de rétablir la
décision de la Cour supérieure rendue par le juge Jean-François Michaud le 16
mars 2018, avec dépens devant notre Cour et devant la Cour d’appel. Motifs à
suivre.
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C.J.C.
J.C.C.
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