Une décision récente rendue par la Cour supérieure dans le district judiciaire de Montréal1 s’inscrit dans la tendance jurisprudentielle en matière de nomination de séquestre en vertu de la Loi sur la faillite et l’insolvabilité L.F.I. »), soit la nécessité que le préavis d’exercice visé au Code civil du QuébecC.c.Q. ») soit transmis et expiré préalablement à la demande de nomination.

Cette décision fait partie d’une controverse jurisprudentielle qui devra être tranchée par la Cour d’appel prochainement.

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A recent judgment rendered by the Superior Court in the judicial district of Montréal1 is in line with the current trend in rulings regarding the appointment of receivers under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“B.I.A.”), namely the requirement that the notice of exercise of a hypothecary right referred to in the Civil Code of Quebec (“C.C.Q.”) be submitted, and the time limit specified in the notice must have expired, prior to the application to appoint a receiver.

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Where there is a bankruptcy, there is no personal liability of a secured creditor to the Crown for funds received prior to the bankruptcy from a realization of assets that were subject to the deemed trust under the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (“ETA”).

Factual Background

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En cas de faillite, le créancier garanti n’est pas responsable envers le fisc pour les sommes perçues avant la faillite provenant de la réalisation de biens faisant partie d’une fiducie présumée créée aux termes de la Loi sur la taxe d’accise.

Rappel des faits et contexte

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The general principle is that security granted on tangible property also charges the property’s accessories. That is not the case however when intellectual property (“IP”) rights belonging to a third party attach to inventory1. For such rights are not considered to be accessories and thus are not charged by the security, unless the holder of the IP rights has otherwise agreed. 

If the grantor of the security goes bankrupt, enforcement of the creditor’s security could thus be compromised because of the third-party IP rights.  

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