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Judgments rendered by the Court of Appeal

Selection of Judgments

Looking for a judgment?

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 recent judgments rendered by the Court of Appeal.

R. c. St-Jean

Criminal – directed verdict – first degree murder – circumstantial evidence – after-the-fact conduct – new trial

Droit de la famille — 25185

Family – matrimonial regimes – partnership of acquests – property devolved by gift from spouse – private property – article 450(2) CCQ

U.T. c. Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Lanaudière

Class action – authorization – Indigenous patient – sterilization – absence of free and informed consent – systemic discrimination

Lakehal c. R.

Criminal – sentence – manslaughter – robbery with use of firearm – conviction – judge’s instructions to the jury

Lanthier c. R.

Criminal – intimidation – justice system participant – threats – stay of proceedings – lost evidence

Corporation Tricho-Med c. Leprohon inc.

Civil procedure - right to appeal - interpretation of “judgments ruling on execution matters” (article 30(8) CCP) - appeal as of right

Conseil de bande de Pessamit c. Rock

Civil procedure – declinatory exception – band council – federal board – exclusive jurisdiction – Federal Court – judicial review

Salko c. Financière Banque Nationale inc.

Class action - authorization - brokerage account - conversion fee - foreign currency - Consumer Protection Act

Groupe SNC-Lavalin inc. c. Duhaime

Civil procedure – disclosure of documents in the possession of a third party – criminal case – notion of relevance – search for truth

Giroux c. R.

Criminal - judge's instructions to jury - testimony - accomplices - treasonous defense - Vetrovec warning - murder - conspiracy to commit murder

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).