Executive Summary: Key Legal and Evidentiary Issues

• Mathis Thibault sued iRace Auto Sports in the Small Claims Division of the Court of Québec for $2,215.05.
   
• Despite being duly summoned and called, the plaintiff did not appear at the hearing.
   
• No evidence was put before the court to support the claim.
   
• Neither the subject matter of the dispute nor the basis for the amount claimed is described in the decision.
   
• Costs were not awarded because the defendant was also absent from the hearing.
   

Facts of the case

Mathis Thibault brought a small claims action against iRace Auto Sports seeking $2,215.05. Nothing in the decision explains what the dispute was about or how the amount claimed was calculated. A hearing was held on September 24, 2026, before the Court of Québec, Small Claims Division, in the district of Terrebonne (locality of Saint-Jérôme). Neither party attended. That same day, the court issued a default judgment rendered orally from the bench.

Policy and legislative provisions at issue

No contractual clauses or statutory provisions are interpreted or applied in the decision. Article 334 of the Code of Civil Procedure appears only in a footnote, as authority for the court’s slight revisions to the form of its oral reasons.

Reasoning and analysis

Two considerations underpin the decision. First, the plaintiff was absent from the hearing even though he had been duly summoned and called. Second, there was no evidence in support of his claim.

Ruling and overall outcome

The court dismissed Thibault’s claim for $2,215.05, leaving iRace Auto Sports as the successful party. No amount was ordered in its favour, as the court made no award of legal costs given the defendant’s own absence from the hearing.