Arbitral tribunal — sole arbitrator, Me Michel A. Jeanniot
Association des ressources intermédiaires d'hébergement du Québec (ARIHQ) c. Santé Québec — CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, 2026 QCCS 1360
Withdrawn · 22 April 2026
What was fabricated
FIVE non-existent authorities in the arbitrator's own reasons, each identified in the judgment: (1) a doctrinal article attributed to Frédéric Bachand, « Prescription et déchéance : frontières mouvantes et enjeux pratiques », Développements récents en droit des contrats, Barreau du Québec, 2016 (note 4), which the Court found “introuvable”; (2) Ville de Montréal c. Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal, 2005 QCCA 591 (note 5), “inexistante”; (3) Groleau et Groupe Pages Jaunes Cie, 2011 QCCS 5386 (note 6), which “n'existe pas”; (4) Tremblay c. Commission scolaire de la Jonquière, 2002 CanLII 24357 (QCCA) (note 7), “inexistante”; and (5) the arbitral award Arbitrage CHU Ste-Justine (D.T.E. 2018-30) (note 8), which SOQUIJ confirmed does not exist. The Court recorded at [106] that the decisions cited at footnotes 5 to 7 do not exist, and that each neutral citation led to an unrelated decision.
What happened as a result
The Superior Court of Quebec (Commercial Division), Martin F. Sheehan J.C.S., ANNULLED the arbitral award rendered on 8 August 2025 by Me Michel A. Jeanniot [122]; ORDERED the parties to choose a new arbitrator within 60 days of the judgment [123]; and awarded costs [124]. The Court held at [120] that the breach was important and that, the non-existent decisions being “au cœur du raisonnement de l'arbitre”, a party could reasonably think a more thorough verification would have led the arbitrator to revisit his position; at [121] it concluded the breach had probably had an important impact on the result.
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