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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.

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

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

Durocher c. R.

Criminal – operation of conveyance while impaired and operation of conveyance with a blood alcohol concentration exceeding the prescribed limit…

Ville de Montréal c. Gestion Tasa inc.

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

Municipalité de Deschambault-Grondines c. Delisle

Municipal — zoning by-law — agricultural zone — tourist accommodation — non-conforming use — absence of acquired right — 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…

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).