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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.

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

Labour - employee association - obstruction - 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

Rossi c. Organisme d'autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ)

Professions - real estate brokerage - refusal to issue a licence - contestation - interpretation of section 43 of the Real Estate Brokerage Act

Malogrosz c. Sa Majesté le Roi

Criminal – non-consensual distribution of an intimate image – disjunctive list – interpretation of “nude” (s. 162.1(2)(a) Cr. C.)

Procureur général du Québec c. Pryde

Jurisdiction to render judgment - application of article 10 of the Charter of the French language - French translation of the judgment rendered in…

Procureur général du Québec c. Gaspé Énergies inc.

Civil procedure - review - leave to appeal - jurisdiction - stay of application of a law - public interest - balance of convenience

Procureur général du Québec c. Duquette

Administrative - Régie de l'énergie - commissioner - Regulation respecting the ethics and professional conduct of public office holders – judicial…

Mahombi c. Sa Majesté le Roi

Criminal – child pornography – possession and access – sentence – facts forming part of the circumstances of the offence – sense of responsibility

Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail c. Association des entrepreneurs spécialisés en procédé industriel du Québec

Labour – labour standards – personnel placement agency – regulation – definition – licence – issuance – CNESST notice – interpretation

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).