Bar of Montreal

The Bar of Montreal is the bar association for lawyers in the city of Montreal, Canada. (Fr: Barreau de Montréal). It has it beginnings in 1693 when, as a Royal Province of the French colonial empire, Canadien lawyers first tried to obtain official recognition but were refused by Governor General of New France Louis de Buade de Frontenac who upheld the 1678 edict by the Sovereign Council that denied recognition of the legal profession. The Bar of Montreal became an independent corporation in 1849 through the Act to incorporate the Bar of Lower Canada (11-12 Vict. (1849), c.46.).

Bar of Montreal

The Bar of Montreal is the bar association for lawyers in the city of Montreal, Canada. (Fr: Barreau de Montréal). It has it beginnings in 1693 when, as a Royal Province of the French colonial empire, Canadien lawyers first tried to obtain official recognition but were refused by Governor General of New France Louis de Buade de Frontenac who upheld the 1678 edict by the Sovereign Council that denied recognition of the legal profession. The Bar of Montreal became an independent corporation in 1849 through the Act to incorporate the Bar of Lower Canada (11-12 Vict. (1849), c.46.).