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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.

Avalin Group FZE c. Lauzon — Planchers de bois exclusifs inc.

Special contracts - arbitration – arbitration clause - interpretation of contract - referral to arbitration - opposability - declinatory exception

Air Canada c. McMullen

Liability - Air Canada Public Participation Act - fault - injury - causal connection - extinctive prescription

COS Construction inc. c. Paré Assurances et Services financiers inc.

Procedure – revocation of judgment – absence of service by bailiff – inadmissibility – lines of authority – calculation of time limit

Place Rosemère inc. c. Ville de Rosemère

Municipal taxation – special tax – benefit – section 244.64.9 of the Act respecting municipal taxation – adoption of a strategy – validity

Lepêcheur c. Girard

Procedure – right to be heard – procedural fairness – absence of adversarial debate – self-represented party – judge’s duty to assist

Frenn c. R.

Criminal – hearsay – co-conspirators exception – circumstantial evidence – production and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking

R. c. Benbouhoud

Criminal – theft involving elderly persons – conditional discharge – lack of equivalence – hours of community work and period of incarceration

Charette c. R.

Criminal – nature and effect of a formal admission – unlawfully at large – lawful excuse – risk of infection – COVID-19

9299-2742 Québec inc. (Gestion OFA Environnement) c. Procureur général du Québec

Prescription – time limit – claim for damages - abusive prosecution – criminal and penal investigations – knowledge of the facts giving rise to a…

R. c. Lifshitz

Criminal – right to be tried within reasonable time – ceiling exceeded – complexity – joint trial – conspiracy – production of cannabis

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).