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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.

Restaurant Brands International Inc. c. Deschâtelets

Class action – authorization – contest ancillary to a sale – email notifying the participant that they have won a prize – warranty of conformity

Bourbonnais-Rougeau c. R.

Criminal law – failure to stop after an accident – ​​obligation to provide name and address – reasonable excuse – burden of proof

LSJPA — 2642

Criminal law – sexual offences – inadmissibility of consent from a victim under 16 – "close in age" exception – constitutionality

Autorité des marchés publics c. Excavation National inc.

Administrative – rejection of an application for authorization to contract or subcontract with a public body – corrective measures – refusal

Droit de la famille — 261553

Civil procedure – contempt of court – sentence – artificial intelligence tool – fictitious case citations – negligence

Donciu c. R.

Criminal – importation of cocaine – interpretation of “import” – circumstantial evidence – post-offence conduct – exclusion of evidence

Masson c. Telus Mobilité

Class action – individual recovery – unasserted claim – litigious right – inapplicability of the Unclaimed Property Act

Plante c. Potvin

Liability – regulatory fault – principal – temporary servant – relationship of subordination – garage – total loss – causal link – quantum

Transport Martin Forget inc. c. Municipalité de Saint-Alexis

Municipal – contract – snow removal – bid – compliance – license – Régie du bâtiment du Québec – Section 938.1.2.2 of the Municipal Code of Québec

Malo c. R.

Criminal law – dismissal of appeal – discretionary power – accused who evaded Canadian justice – accused who fled Canada

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).