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Judgments Rendered by the Court of Appeal

Selection of Judgments of Interest

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Most of the judgments rendered by the Quebec Court of Appeal since January 1, 1986 are available free of charge on the website of the Société québécoise d’information juridique (SOQUIJ) and that of the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII).

A number of older cases are also available free of charge on CanLII.

Below is a selection of judgments of interest rendered by the Court of Appeal.

Summaries of judgments
The judgment summaries set out below have been prepared by SOQUIJ.

Énergir c. PG4 Construction Corp.

Construction contract – liability – project owner – additional work – soil conditions – unforeseeability – damages

Nahtac Constructions inc. c. Ville de Montréal

Contract for services – liability – bridge refurbishment – ​​municipal contract – delay in performance of works – penalty clause

Fortier c. Procureur général du Québec

Class action – authorization – extinctive prescription – question of fact – role of the judge – screening process

Jarcevic c. Beaudoin

Damages – assessment – ​​future care – Article 1608 C.C.Q. – loss of future income – residual earning capacity – extraordinary care

Droit de la famille — 261462

Family law – divorce – agreement between spouses – division of family patrimony and acquests – judicial approval – integrity of the negotiation…

Flo Health Inc. c. Option Consommateurs

Civil procedure – pre-trial examination – document disclosure – objections – professional privilege – presumption of confidentiality

Monfiston c. R.

Criminal – aggravated assault – sentence – collateral consequences on immigration – family situation – substitution of sentence

Proulx c. R.

Criminal law – fraud – order of restitution – ability to pay – fine – imprisonment in default of payment – civil proceedings – transaction

Lacroix c. Agence du revenu du Québec

Civil procedure – exception to dismiss – abuse of procedure – action for damages – interpretation of articles 1463 and 1464 C.C.Q.

Association québécoise des consommateurs industriels d'électricité (AQCIE) c. Hydro-Québec

Administrative – Régie de l’énergie – formulation of a general principle – dual energy project – necessary expense – administrative review –…

Translation of Judgments

Some Court of Appeal judgments are translated.

That said, a party is entitled to have their judgment translated at no cost, whether the translation is from French to English or English to French.

Most of these translations are available free of charge on the website of the Société québécoise d’information juridique (SOQUIJ) and that of the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII).