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Legal Study

Legault Arruda & Associates

Graduation project – Paralegal Technology – JCA.1F

College CDI. Administration. Technology. Health.

Phase 12 : Executing a Decision and plumitif

In order to maximize your internship experience and learning, Me Van Damme offers you to spend

a day with his good friend André G. Mathieu. The latter is a judicial officer.

Office : André G. Mathieu, huissier de justice

Address : 104, rue King Ouest, Sherbrooke (Québec) J1H 1P6

Phone : (819) 200-6220

Fax : (819) 200-6221

Email : [email protected]

Mr. Mathieu offers to help you fill out an execution notice. He will tell you the facts of the case.

 The client is Mrs. Cynthia Drouin (file #5145-1).

 It is located at 1029 Du Soleil-Levant, Sherbrooke (Quebec) J1C 0B5.

 On March 19, 2020, a decision was rendered by administrative judge Marc Landry of the

Régie du logement.

 The judge noted the cancellation of the lease and ordered the tenant to pay the client the

sum of $975 plus interest at the legal rate and the additional indemnity provided for in

article 1619 C.C.Q., as of February 1, 2019, plus legal fees of $975 (total of $1,625.08).

 The sum of $975 was allocated for the rent for the months of January and February.

 The tenant is Mr. Jean-Marc Galipeau, residing at 3545, King East, Sherbrooke (Quebec)

J1G 5J4.

 Execution file number : 450-02-019357-196

 Mr. Mathieu informs you that he has received instructions to proceed with the following

enforcement measures :

o Seize the tenant's personal property

o Seize property that is in escrow - Bumper to Bumper, located at 3545 King East,

Sherbrooke, Quebec J1G 5J4

Mr. Mathieu asks you to prepare the execution notice for his client's file. However, he tells you

that the execution notice template is only available in PDF format on the Internet and that he would

like you to prepare a Word file.

Work to be completed:

 Using the knowledge acquired in Word Processing 1 and Word Processing 2, please reproduce in a Word file the Ministry of Justice enforcement notice template available in

PDF format. You must reproduce the document as faithfully as possible (font, size,

alignment, frame, bold, etc.).

 Then, using the knowledge acquired in the Civil Procedures 2 course, please write the notice of execution.

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Back at Me Van Damme's office, a new mandate awaits you!

Me Van Damme asks you to do some research in the plumitif and to answer the following

questions.

Civil Plumitif

1. On what date was service of the Demand Originating Proceedings made?

2. On what date was the divorce judgment rendered?

3. Which judge rendered the judgment?

Penal Plumitif

4. On what date did the accused commit the offences charged?

5. How old is the accused as of today?

6. What offences have been committed? Be specific.

7. Before which judge did the accused appear?

8. Was the accused present in court on February 18, 2020?

9. What happened on April 17, 2020?

10. s the file complete? If yes, identify the conclusion (guilty and penalty or not guilty). If no,

identify the next step in the case and the date of the next step..

Work to be completed:

 Using the knowledge acquired in the Database and Application Software courses, please analyze the plumitif of the two submitted files and answer the questions in a separate Word

file.

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Congratulations! You have completed all the mandates of your graduation project. You must now

write a short final report in order to look back on your experience.

The report should contain the following sections :

1. Introduction to the internship report (± 1/2 page)

2. Integration of skills and knowledge (± 4 pages)

a. Identification of three skills practiced during the project

Vous devez identifier des compétences utilisées dans le cadre du projet et expliquer

pourquoi vous avez eu à les utiliser. Par exemple, l’autonomie, l’organisation, la

gestion du stress et des échéanciers, etc.

b. Identification of three pieces of knowledge put into practice during the project

You must identify knowledge used in the project and explain why you had to use it.

You must name the title of the relevant course. For example, you used the knowledge

acquired in the Ethics and Financial Management course to help you create the

invoices for Phases 1 to 4.

c. Identification of three computer tools used during the project

You must identify computer tools and software used in the project and explain why

you had to use them. For example, a computer, Microsoft Office, CanLII, etc.

3. Special situations and challenges (± 1 page)

You must identify at least three difficulties you encountered during the project and indicate

how you tried to overcome them.

4. Hindsight (± 2 pages)

a. In which phase(s) did you perform best?

Identify at least 2 phases or 2 types of mandates in which you have performed best

and why you think these are your strengths.

b. In which phase(s) do you need to improve your performance?

Identify at least 2 phases or 2 types of mandates in which you performed less well

and indicate why you think these are your weaknesses.

c. What conclusions do you draw from your experience? How do you see your

future in this area?

You need to talk about what you want to do from now on. For example, continuing

your studies, joining a firm, working in a specific field, etc.

Deadline for submission : ___12/21/2020 9h00____________________________________