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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.

A.B. c. Miller

Special contracts - transaction - formation - absence of waiver - absence of reciprocal concessions

R. c. Giroux

Criminal – stay of proceedings – right to be tried within a reasonable time – late application – domestic violence case – calculation of time limits

Paré c. Conseil de la magistrature du Québec

Judicial ethics – derogatory acts – duty to act in a reserved, serene, and courteous manner – detention – contempt of court – judicial review

Ville de Québec c. Ouellet

Labour - preventive withdrawal - pregnant worker - assignment - employer’s refusal - right to reassignment - complaint - section 227 OHSA

Bellemare c. Sa Majesté le Roi

Criminal – voluntary nature of out-of-court statements to the police – absence of a recording – instructions to the jury – curative proviso

Droit de la famille - 25868

Family – parental authority – deprivation – family violence – effect on the parent victim – risk to the child – best interests of the child

Gravel c. Agence du revenu du Québec

Taxation – penal offence – disclosure of evidence – Jarvis application – fresh evidence – delay – sentencing

Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec inc. c. Agence du revenu du Québec

Labour – association of employees – hindering – Administrative Labour Tribunal – jurisdiction – complaint that may be settled by an arbitration award

Bolton c. La Presse ltée

Liability – defamation – choreographer – newspaper article – allegations – inappropriate behaviour – journalistic standards – investigation

Bédard c. Sa Majesté le Roi

Criminal – dangerous driving causing death – mens rea – degree of negligence – inattention – duration – distraction

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).