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Key Facts: Quebec Bar Exam
Civil law (CCQ)
Legal Tradition (vs common law)
Code civil du Quebec; Constitution Act 1867 s. 92(13)
3 exams
Knowledge Exams (controle des connaissances)
Barreau du Quebec / Ecole du Barreau
~85%
First-Attempt Pass Rate
Ecole du Barreau du Quebec
60%
Passing Mark per Exam
Barreau du Quebec
Arts. 1457-1458
Civil Liability (responsabilite civile)
Code civil du Quebec
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Quebec is the only Canadian province with a civil-law private-law system codified in the Code civil du Quebec (CCQ). The Barreau du Quebec / Ecole du Barreau administers three knowledge exams (an applied-law/legislation-ethics exam plus civil-law exams) covering obligations and civil liability (responsabilite civile, arts. 1457-1458), family law and the family patrimony (patrimoine familial, arts. 414-426), property, successions, prescription, prior claims and hypothecs, Quebec civil procedure, professional ethics (Code de deontologie des avocats), and civil evidence, with a Canadian constitutional/criminal/administrative overlay. Pass mark is 60% per exam and the first-attempt pass rate is roughly 85%. The official program is delivered and examined in French; these English questions are a civil-law knowledge-prep reference.
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1A pedestrian is struck by a careless cyclist on a Montreal street. The pedestrian wishes to sue the cyclist for her injuries. There is no contract between them. Under the Civil Code of Quebec, which regime governs the cyclist's liability?
A.Extracontractual (delictual) civil liability under article 1457 CCQ
B.The common-law tort of negligence as applied in Quebec
C.Strict products liability under the Consumer Protection Act
D.Contractual liability under article 1458 CCQ
Explanation: Article 1457 CCQ governs extracontractual civil liability ('responsabilite civile extracontractuelle'). Every person has a duty to abide by the rules of conduct incumbent on them so as not to cause injury to another; breach of that duty (fault) makes them liable to repair the injury caused. Where the parties have no contract, this is the applicable regime.
2A contractor fails to complete renovations promised in a written contract with a homeowner, causing the homeowner financial loss. Under the Civil Code of Quebec, the homeowner's claim against the contractor sounds in:
A.Extracontractual liability under article 1457 CCQ
B.Contractual liability under article 1458 CCQ
C.Unjust enrichment under articles 1493-1496 CCQ
D.Quasi-contract under the doctrine of negotiorum gestio
Explanation: Article 1458 CCQ provides that every person has a duty to honour the undertakings contracted by them and is liable for injury caused to the other contracting party by failing to do so. Because the loss arises from breach of a contractual obligation, the contractual liability regime of article 1458 applies, and a party may not opt to invoke the extracontractual rules instead.
3Which four conditions must a plaintiff establish to succeed in an action based on extracontractual civil liability under article 1457 CCQ?
A.Offer, acceptance, consideration, and breach
B.Duty, breach, causation, and damages as defined at common law
C.Fault, injury (prejudice), a causal link between them, and capacity/reason of the defendant
D.Intention, malice, foreseeability, and proximate cause
Explanation: Quebec civil liability under article 1457 requires three core elements: a fault (faute), an injury or prejudice (prejudice), and a causal link (lien de causalite) between the fault and the injury. The provision also presupposes that the person is endowed with reason (capacity); a person deprived of reason is generally not liable under article 1457.
4Under the Civil Code of Quebec, a person who is the custodian of a thing is liable for injury caused by the autonomous act of that thing. This presumption of liability for the act of a thing is found at:
A.Article 1457 CCQ
B.Article 1726 CCQ
C.Article 1590 CCQ
D.Article 1465 CCQ
Explanation: Article 1465 CCQ establishes that the custodian (gardien) of a thing is bound to make reparation for injury resulting from the autonomous act of the thing, unless the custodian proves the absence of fault. This is a presumption of fault distinct from the general fault rule, reflecting the civil-law liability for the act of things ('fait des choses').
5An employee, while performing his duties, negligently injures a client. The injured client wishes to sue the employer. Under the Civil Code of Quebec, the employer's liability for the employee's fault is best characterized as:
A.Liability of the principal for injury caused by their subordinates under article 1463 CCQ, without proof of the employer's own fault
B.Liability that exists only where the employer expressly authorized the wrongful act
C.Liability requiring proof that the employer was personally negligent in hiring
D.Liability of the principal for the act of the agent (mandate)
Explanation: Article 1463 CCQ makes the principal liable to reparation for injury caused by the fault of their subordinates (employees) in the performance of their duties, without the victim having to prove fault by the employer itself. The employer nonetheless retains recourse against the subordinate. This is the civil-law equivalent of vicarious liability.
6Under the Civil Code of Quebec, a person may be exonerated from extracontractual liability where the injury results from a superior force. 'Superior force' (force majeure) under article 1470 CCQ is defined as an event that is:
A.Merely difficult or expensive to overcome
B.Unforeseeable and irresistible, including external causes having these characteristics
C.Caused by the negligence of a third party only
D.Any act of a government authority, regardless of foreseeability
Explanation: Article 1470 CCQ provides that a person may free themselves from liability for injury caused to another by proving that the injury results from superior force (force majeure), defined in the same article as an unforeseeable and irresistible event, including external causes with the same characteristics. Both unforeseeability and irresistibility must be present.
7Two contractors independently commit faults that together cause indivisible injury to a building owner. Under the Civil Code of Quebec, what is the nature of their obligation to repair the injury toward the owner?
A.Only the contractor with the greater fault is liable
B.Each is liable only for the portion of injury they individually caused
C.They are solidarily liable for the entire injury under article 1526 CCQ
D.Liability is divided equally regardless of fault
Explanation: Article 1526 CCQ provides that the obligation to make reparation for injury caused to another through the fault of two or more persons is solidary where the obligation is extracontractual. The victim may therefore claim the whole of the injury from any one of the co-authors, who then has recourse in contribution against the others.
8Under the Civil Code of Quebec, where a debtor fails to perform an obligation, the creditor is generally entitled to performance by equivalence (damages) only after:
A.Obtaining an arbitration award
B.Waiting the full prescriptive period
C.Filing suit in the Court of Quebec
D.Putting the debtor in default (mise en demeure), unless default arises by operation of law
Explanation: Under articles 1590 and 1594-1600 CCQ, the creditor must generally put the debtor in default ('mise en demeure') before claiming damages for non-performance. Default may arise by the terms of the contract, by demand, or by operation of law in the cases listed in article 1597 (e.g., where performance has become impossible through the debtor's fault).
9A party to a contract claims the contract is void because, at formation, the other party intentionally misrepresented a key fact to induce consent. Under the Civil Code of Quebec, this defect of consent is:
A.Error caused by fraud (dol) under article 1401 CCQ
B.Lesion under article 1406 CCQ
C.Fear (crainte) under article 1402 CCQ
D.Simple unilateral error under article 1400 CCQ
Explanation: Article 1401 CCQ provides that error on the part of one party induced by the fraud (dol) of the other vitiates consent where, but for the fraud, the party would not have contracted or would have contracted on different terms. Fraud may result from positive maneuvers, lies, or even silence/reticence about a material fact.
10Under the Civil Code of Quebec, which of the following is required for the formation of a valid contract?
A.Consideration moving from the promisee, as at common law
B.Consent, capacity, a cause, and an object, per article 1385 CCQ
C.A signed writing in all cases
D.Notarial form for every contract
Explanation: Article 1385 CCQ provides that a contract is formed by the exchange of consents between persons having capacity to contract; it is also of the essence that the contract have a cause and an object. Notably, Quebec civil law does NOT require 'consideration' in the common-law sense; the civilian notion of cause replaces it.
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