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Guillaume Lavictoire

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A partner of the firm, Guillaume is an expropriation lawyer who provides legal advice and services to municipalities with respect to infrastructure projects involving the acquisition and/or expropriation of privately owned lands.  Guillaume also acts for numerous small- and large-scale landowners across the province who are facing expropriation.  He has extensive experience representing clients in expropriation proceedings before the Board of Negotiation and the Ontario Municipal Board/Local Planning Appeal Tribunal/Ontario Land Tribunal.

Guillaume is a Past President of the Ontario Expropriation Association and serves on the Association's Board of Directors.  Guillaume is also a Past President and Director of Chapter 29 of the International Right of Way Association.  As a certified instructor with the IRWA, he teaches courses on expropriation and the principles of real estate law.  Guillaume has completed the Harvard Negotiation Institute's intensive program at Harvard Law School.

Guillaume received an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa.  Prior to attending law school, he received a B.A. (Honours) in Political Science from the University of Toronto.  A portion of Guillaume’s undergraduate studies were spent at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, in Grenoble, France.

Fluently bilingual in French and English, Guillaume serves clients in both languages. 

Outside of law, Guillaume is a co-founder and Director of Spinal CSF Leak Canada, a national health charity focused on improving the health and lives of people suffering from a medical condition known as spontaneous intracranial hypotension caused by a spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak.

Une version française du profil de Guillaume est disponible au lien suivant https://l-express.ca/maitre-guillaume-lavictoire-specialiste-de-lexpropriation/

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Case Law Update

Ontario Expropriation Association Annual Case Law Update - 2014

2014 summary of expropriation law cases.

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Case Law Update

Ontario Expropriation Association Annual Case Law Update - 2013

201​3 summary of expropriation law cases.

Scargall Owen-King LLP Recognized in 2022 edition of “Best Lawyers” in Expropriation Law

Scargall Owen-King LLP is pleased to announce that we have been recognized in the 2022 Canadian edition of Best Lawyers.  Paul Scargall, Matthew Owen-King and Guillaume Lavictoire were recognized as “Best Lawyers” for their exper......

Highway 407 Transitway Preliminary Studies Underway

The Ministry of Transportation is currently undertaking the planning, design and environmental assessment regarding the ‘407 Transitway’ anticipated to be constructed from Hurontario Street in Brampton/Mississauga to east of Highway 40......

What is Metrolinx?

  According to its website, ‘Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario under the Metrolinx Act, 2006, was created to improve the coordination and integration of all modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Ha......

Ministry of Transportation Initiates Large-scale Expropriation Project in Barrie

http://highway400dunlopannesunnidale.com/  The Ministry of Transportation has initiated expropriation proceedings in the City of Barrie.  This work is to facilitate the construction of improvements to Highway 400 and related interchanges......

Manitoba Law Reform Commission Recommends Amendments to the Manitoba Expropriation Act

The Manitoba Law Reform Commission recently released its report entitled “Creating Efficiencies in the Law: The Expropriation Act of Manitoba.”  The report is the result of a consultation process during which experienced expropria......

Tenant Claims in Expropriation

The Expropriations Act prescribes various compensation entitlements for the owners of expropriated lands.  Tenants of expropriated lands, including commercial tenants, are considered “owners” under the statute.  For example, ......

Guillaume Lavictoire discusses Expropriation with CityTV News

On June 26, Guillaume Lavictoire spoke to CityTV News about the rights of home owners facing a potential expropriation in relation to a road expansion project under consideration in Clarington.  Before the authority can expropriate land, owne......

How is Compensation for Market Value Determined in an Expropriation?

“Market Value” is a primary head of compensation prescribed under the Expropriations Act for owners who have had all or a portion of their lands expropriated.  The Act provides an objective standard for the determination of market......

Divisional Court Upholds Expropriation Costs Award In Favour of County

In the recent decision of Willies Car & Van Wash Limited v. The Corporation of the County of Simcoe, the Divisional Court of Ontario upheld an award of costs by the Ontario Municipal Board’s against a claimant, pursuant to the Expropriat......

What is a Notice of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land?

  Expropriating authorities are often successful in amicably negotiating the acquisition of land required for an infrastructure project.  However, in certain circumstances an authority is required to pursue expropriation to acquire land.......

Can I Fight or Contest an Expropriation?

Assuming the expropriating authority is acting within its jurisdiction to take land, the simple answer is yes, but with potentially limited upside.   The Expropriations Act allows for an Inquiry process whereby an owner can challenge wh......

Legal Costs Under the Expropriations Act

The Expropriations Act is a remedial statute with the purpose of rendering the expropriated land owner economically whole. Accordingly, in addition to prescribing compensation for land taken and related impacts, the Act also prescribes the reimbursement of reasonable legal and professional costs incurred by an owner in the determination of compensation. The reimbursement of costs is contemplated under section 32 of the Act.

Year of Call

2009

Education

  • University of Ottawa (LL.B.)

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