Overview
- A Quebec Superior Court decision left in place a 2021 Paris International Arbitration Chamber award of about C$2.7 million against Jean Laprade.
- Justice Luc Morin ordered Laprade to pay a C$5,000 penalty after finding eight instances of non-existent citations and fabricated decisions in his submissions.
- The aircraft remains under seizure at Sherbrooke airport, and the plaintiffs were authorized to reclaim it.
- Laprade apologized and said he used artificial intelligence to prepare his filings, but the court held he is responsible for their accuracy.
- The case stems from a 2019 deal in Guinea in which a contract error granted Laprade a more valuable aircraft he was accused of diverting to Quebec.