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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.

Charette c. R.

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

Directeur général des élections du Québec c. Desjardins

Municipal — interpretation of “election expenditure” — section 622, paragraph 1 of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Ville de Montréal c. Gestion Tasa inc.

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

Municipalité de Deschambault-Grondines c. Delisle

Municipal zoning bylaw - agricultural zone - tourist residence - non-conforming use - absence of acquired rights - declaratory judgment

Claing c. R.

Criminal – distribution of child pornography – minimum sentence – unconstitutionality – intellectual disability – substitution of sentence

Société Radio-Canada c. Association des réalisateurs

Labour - grievance - procedure – court openness - identity of witnesses - harassment - internal investigation - privacy - complaint mechanism

Boulevard Acquisition Corp. c. Bank of Montreal

Expropriation - hypothec - swap agreement - termination payment - advance repayment - section 53.16 of the Expropriation Act

Rahme c. Ville de Laval

Criminal – driving offences – distractions while driving – use of a hands-free device – holding telephone in hand – Section 443.1 of the Highway…

M.L. c. R.

Criminal – victim’s credibility – number of assaults – statement to police – refreshed memory – reasons – incest

Laforce c. Ville de Québec

Municipal – liability – police officer – protestor – extinctive prescription – section 586 of the Cities and Towns Act – class action

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).