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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.

Société Radio-Canada c. Association des réalisateurs

Labor - grievance - procedure - publicity of proceedings - identity of witnesses - harassment - internal investigation - privacy - complaint mechanism

Boulevard Acquisition Corp. c. Bank of Montreal

Expropriation - mortgage - swap agreement - termination indemnity - early repayment - section 53.16 of the Expropriation Act

Rahme c. Ville de Laval

Penal - traffic offence - distracted driving - use of a hands-free device - handheld phone - Article 443.1 of the Highway Safety Code

M.L. c. R.

Criminal – victim’s credibility – number of assaults – statement to police – refreshed memory – reasons – incest

Laforce c. Ville de Québec

Municipal - liability - police officer - protester - statute of limitations - section 586 of the Cities and Towns Act - class action

Savoie c. R.

Criminal – sexual assault – assessment of evidence – uneven scrutiny – credibility of witnesses – presumption of innocence – new trial

Ville de Bedford c. Municipalité régionale de comté de Brome-Missisquoi

Municipal - by-law - establishment of a regional fund for the repair and maintenance of certain public roads - validity

RTI Turbo inc. c. Agence du revenu du Québec

Taxation – interpretation of section 21.1 of the Tax Administration Act –deductions at source – application for refund – refusal

R. c. Robitaille

Criminal – stay of proceedings – abuse of process – disclosure of evidence – relevance – witness credibility – late disclosure

Poulin c. Hydro-Québec

Employment contract – constructive dismissal – transfer – refusal to accept a position – mitigation of damages – notice of termination

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).

 

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