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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.

Union des consommateurs c. Air Canada

Consumer protection - prohibited business practices - airline ticket - price higher than advertised - punitive damages - class action

LSJPA - 2514

Criminal – second-degree murder – intellectual disability – subjective intent – ​​mental state of the accused

Association étudiante de l'Université McGill c. X

Education - student association - ratification and implementation of a policy - injunction - freedom of expression - publicity of debates

Ville de Blainville c. Procureur général du Québec

Civil procedure - application for leave to appeal - application for stay - assessment of evidence - deference - balance of convenience

Dionne c. Hexo Corp.

Class action – authorization – investor – section 225.4 of the Securities Act – misrepresentation

Rozon c. P.T.

Civil procedure – dismissal of appeal – renunciation – renunciation of the rights arising from a judgment rendered in a party’s favour – appeal moot

Sa Majesté le Roi c. Paquette

Criminal – sentencing – sexual assault – compliance with terms of release – fresh evidence – error in principle – substitution of sentence

Asselin c. Sa Majesté le Roi

Criminal – historical offences – indecent assault on male – gross indecency – defence of consent

Rioux c. Sa Majesté le Roi

Criminal – operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit causing death – substitution of sentence – conditional sentence

Lehoux c. Sa Majesté le Roi

Criminal – sexual assault – capacity to consent – intoxication – defence of honest but mistaken belief in consent

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).