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Judgments rendered by the Court of Appeal

Selection of Judgments

Looking for a judgment?

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 recent judgments rendered by the Court of Appeal.

Industries Garanties Limitée c. Agence du revenu du Québec

Taxation - deduction - management fees - reasonable fees - tax assessment - presumption of validity - burden of proof

Rozon c. Tulasne

Application for Leave to Appeal a Judgment Rendered in the Course of a Proceeding refusing the administration of evidence within the framework of the…

Procureur général du Québec c. Compagnie de chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique

Class action – liability – railway company – derailment – Lac-Mégantic tragedy

Procureur général du Québec c. Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD)

Labour – family-type resources - intermediate resources - legal status - self-employed worker - freedom of association - right to strike

Royer c. Capital One Bank (Canada Branch)

Class action - authorization - credit card - data leak - monitoring fees - compensable injury - Amazon - Capital One

R. c. St-Jean

Criminal – directed verdict – first degree murder – circumstantial evidence – after-the-fact conduct – new trial

Droit de la famille — 25185

Family – matrimonial regimes – partnership of acquests – property devolved by gift from spouse – private property – article 450(2) CCQ

U.T. c. Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Lanaudière

Class action – authorization – Indigenous patient – sterilization – absence of free and informed consent – systemic discrimination

Lakehal c. R.

Criminal – sentence – manslaughter – robbery with use of firearm – conviction – judge’s instructions to the jury

Lanthier c. R.

Criminal – intimidation – justice system participant – threats – stay of proceedings – lost evidence

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).