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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.

Plante c. R.

Criminal – judge's instructions to the jury – first-degree murder by imputation – causality – proof of bad character – subsequent conduct

Lo c. Kron

Civil procedure - plea of ​​lack of jurisdiction - international jurisdiction of Quebec courts - mixed action - connection between causes of action

167465 Canada inc. c. Procureur général du Québec

Expropriation – disclosure of document – decision – Conseil du trésor – relevance – confidentiality – interest limited to the dispute between the…

Bordeleau c. Lavoie

Procedure – request for setting down after the time limit – presumed discontinuance – simultaneous appeal and application for revocation of judgment –…

Droit de la famille — 261069

Family - divorce - family patrimony - deduction - partnership of acquests - characterization of property - support - spouses - provision for costs

Charette c. R.

Criminal – possession of a prohibited firearm and an imitation firearm for a dangerous purpose – indictment – prosecution’s strategy

Keuylian c. 9465812 Canada limitée

Labour – union activity – reprisals – presumption – other just and sufficient cause – harassment – pretext – judicial review

Directeur général des élections du Québec c. Desjardins

Municipal — interpretation of “election expense” — s. 622(1) of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Durocher c. R.

Criminal – impaired driving with a blood alcohol level exceeding the legal limit causing death – causal link – expert witness – retrial

Ville de Montréal c. Gestion Tasa inc.

Civil procedure – stay of proceedings – contempt of court – unreasonable delay – inapplicability of Jordan

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).