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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.

Pelletier c. Ville d'Alma

Expropriation — right to expropriate — municipality — municipal purposes (section 570(c) of the Cities and Towns Act) — vague notice

Répit-Ressource de l'Est de Montréal c. Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail

Labour - labour standards - wages - additional amount - availability – difference in treatment - employment status - section 41.1 A.L.S.

Newbury Bernard c. Bernard

Property – Indigenous peoples – reserve lands – certificate of possession – right of use for life – conflict of laws

St-Jean c. R.

Criminal – conspiracy to commit murder – attempted murder – absence of inconsistent verdict – life imprisonment – gravity of offence

Zicat c. Tanguay

Family - de facto union - cohabitation agreement - pecuniary consequences of breakdown – availability of action for unjust enrichment

Tyco International du Canada ltée c. 9413-4343 Québec inc. (Entrepôt international Québec)

Contract of enterprise – construction work – completion of the work – loss of the work – application of article 2118 C.C.Q. – damages

Santé Québec (Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale) c. E.A.

Extinctive prescription - action in damages - civil liability - Director of Youth Protection - article 2926.1 CCQ

R. c. Nolet

Criminal – discharge – criminal negligence causing harm – intoxication – risk of reoffending – possibility of professional prejudice

MacDuff c. Vacances Sunwing inc.

Class action – settlement – approval – professional fees – criteria to consider – take-up rate

Couture c. R.

Criminal – conspiracy to commit murder – attempted murder – admissibility of evidence – use of electronic documents – behaviour after the fact

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).