2019 QCCA 449, 2019 QCCA 449

Langford Sharp c. Autorité des marchés financiers 2019 QCCA 449 COUR D'APPEL CANADA PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC GREFFE DE MONTRÉAL No: 500-09-028096-196, 500-09-028123-198 (500-11-054667-189) PROCÈS-VERBAL D'AUDIENCE DATE : Le 15 mars 2019 L’HONORABLE STEPHEN W. HAMILTON, J.C.A. No : 500-09-028096-196 REQUÉRANT AVOCATS FREDERICK LANGFORD SHARP Me daniel baum Me SEAN GRIFFIN (Langlois avocats, S.E.N.C.R.L.) INTIMÉE AVOCATS AUTORITÉ DES MARCHÉS FINANCIERS Me STÉPHANIE JOLIN Me JEAN-NICOLAS BOUTIN WILKINS ( Autorité des marchés financiers) MIS EN CAUSE AVOCAT SHAWN VAN DAMME VINCENZO ANTONIO CARNOVALE PASQUALE ANTONIO ROCCA Me PATRICK FERLAND (LCM Avocats inc.)

SOLO INTERNATIONAL INC. MICHEL PLANTE TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIF DES MARCHÉS FINANCIERS No : 500-09-028123-198 REQUÉRANTS AVOCAT SHAWN VAN DAMME VINCENZO ANTONIO CARNOVALE PASQUALE ANTONIO ROCCA Me PATRICK FERLAND (LCM Avocats inc.) INTIMÉE AVOCATS AUTORITÉ DES MARCHÉS FINANCIERS Me STÉPHANIE JOLIN Me JEAN-NICOLAS BOUTIN WILKINS ( Autorité des marchés financiers) MIS EN CAUSE AVOCATS FREDERICK LANGFORD SHARP Me daniel baum Me SEAN GRIFFIN (Langlois avocats, S.E.N.C.R.L.) SOLO INTERNATIONAL INC.

MICHEL PLANTE TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIF DES MARCHÉS FINANCIERS DESCRIPTION : Requêtes pour permission d’appeler d’un jugement qui met fin à l’instance rendu le 9 janvier 2019 par l’honorable David R. Collier de la Cour supérieure, district de Montréal. (Art. 30 al. 2, 357 C.p.c. ) Greffière d'audience : Alya Elisio SALLE : RC.18 AUDITION

9 h 30 Continuation de l’audition du 13 mars 2019. La présence des parties n’est pas requise, ce matin. PAR LE JUGE : Jugement – voir page 3. Alya Elisio Greffière d'audience PAR LE JUGE JUDGMENT [ 1 ] The Petitioners seek leave to appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, District of Montreal (the Honourable David R. Collier) dated January 9, 2019, [1] which dismissed their applications for judicial review of the decision of the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (Mtre Jean-Pierre Cristel) dated November 22, 2017.

The Tribunal had dismissed the declinatory exceptions made by the Petitioners in which they challenged the jurisdiction of the Tribunal to hear an action brought by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) against the Petitioners for alleged infractions under the Québec Securities Act . [2] [ 2 ] The motions for leave to appeal are brought under

Article 30 C.C.P. The questions raised in the proposed appeal, principally the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Tribunal and the standard of review when the decision of the Tribunal on its jurisdiction is taken on judicial review to the Superior Court, are questions of importance on which the Court has not yet expressed itself. In the circumstances, it is appropriate to grant leave to appeal. [ 3 ] Given the nature of the matters raised, the appeals should proceed by memoranda.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE UNDERSIGNED: [ 4 ] GRANTS leave to appeal; [ 5 ] AUTHORIZES the Petitioners to appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, District of Montreal (the honourable David R. Collier) dated January 9, 2019; [ 6 ] ORDERS that the Applicants, after notifying the respondent, file with the Office of the Court, no later than April 30, 2019 , fives copies of the documents mentioned at

article 53 R.C.A.Q.C.M. and, if applicable, an argument of no more than 20 pages each by the Applicant Frederick Langford Sharp and the Applicants Shawn Van Damme et al;

[ 7 ] ORDERS that the Respondent, after notifying the Applicants, file with the Office of the Court, no later than June 14, 2019 , fives copies of the documents mentioned at

article 53 R.C.A.Q.C.M. and, if applicable, an argument of no more than 40 pages total for the two appeals; [ 8 ] REFERS the appeals to the Master of the Rolls to fix the hearing, for a duration of 90 minutes (45 minutes for the Applicants; 45 minutes for the Respondent); [ 9 ] With judicial costs to follow. STEPHEN W. HAMILTON , J.C.A.