Québec (Procureur général) v. Quebecor Média inc.
Two media outlets are convicted of violating a publication ban under s. 517(2) Cr.C
View ArticleLSJPA - 1153
The Court determines that the sexual assault committed by the young person against a girl under the age of 16 years is a serious violent offence
View ArticleR. v. Poitras
The presumption of identity under s. 258(1)(c) and 258(1)(d1) Cr.C., which permits an essential element of the offence to be presumed without being proved, violates the presumption of innocence...
View ArticleBousquet v. Acer American Corporation Canada
The adjudicative jurisdiction of the Quebec courts may change over time with regard to the same contract for the purchase of the same goods, according to the place where theowner of the goods resides...
View ArticleBoivin (Trustee of)
A trustee's duty with regard to a stay of proceedings is to protect the bankrupt from any proceedings with respect to the property covered by the bankruptcy and to prevent unsecured creditors from...
View ArticleRoy Martin v. R.
The failure to provide the accused with a complete transcript of certain exchanges held in French in the absence of the jury does not constitute a violation of his language rights under s. 520 Cr.C....
View ArticleSyndicat des communications de Radio-Canada v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The appellant, an intervening union before the adjudicator and impleaded party in first instance, no longer has sufficient legal interest to continue the appeal since the grievance that gave rise to...
View ArticleR. v. Nougué
Although the search of the defendant's car was warrantless and therefore in breach of his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the discovery of narcotics in his compartment is...
View ArticleLévesque v. R
Convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder of an elderly couple, the appellant has not shown that the judge committed any error in his assessment of the hearsay evidence or in his instructions
View ArticleQuesnel v. Laberge
The respondent's failure to read documents containing an exclusion of liability clause in favour of the appellants (a securities dealer and his employer) is an inexcusable error that the trial judge...
View ArticleAdoption - 11117
The appellant, who obtained the kafala of a child, is granted a placement order for adoption with respect to that child
View ArticleDubois v. R.
The trial judge committed several errors in his assessment of the evidence; the verdict is unreasonable and the accused is consequently acquitted on three of the charges and a new trial is ordered for...
View ArticleDroit de la famille -- 111725
The father's shortcomings, which were observed by the trial judge, justify granting custody to the mother
View ArticleDroit de la famille -- 111373
The mother failed to convince the Court of Appeal to revise the variation orders granting custody to the father and ordering her to pay child support
View ArticleBélanger v. R.
The trial judge failed to apply the modified objective test for mens rea; the appeal is allowed
View ArticleDroit de la famille -- 111200
The lump sum received by the father in 2009 from the SAAQ as "income indemnity" for the years 2004-2009 is included in his income for 2009 to determine child support payments for his son
View ArticleAdoption -- 11228
To determine whether a child who is placed in a foster home and has no significant bond with his parents can be declared eligible for adoption, the parents' attitude towards social services and their...
View ArticleDroit de la famille -- 111259
The mother failed to show that the trial judge erred in his determination of the father's income pursuant to section 10 of the Regulation respecting the determination of child support payments
View ArticleR. v. Bourgault
The accused, who was street racing with one of the drivers involved in a crash that killed one person and seriously injured another, is convicted of dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm,...
View ArticleCanada (Attorney General) v. Cortez
The accused, who pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics, was the only person in his family who earned a lot of money and who had an interest in hiding the $22,960 seized in his sister's room; the...
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