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Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy

One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from October 21 to November 17, 2021 inclusive.

Appeals

Criminal Law: Parties to Offences; Issue Estoppel
R. v. Cowan, 2020 SKCA 77, 2021 SCC 45 (39301)

The trial judge committed an error of law in his analysis of party liability, which had a material bearing on . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : Le tribunal prononce, relativement aux chefs d’accusation de meurtre au second degré et de tentative de meurtre, des verdicts de non-responsabilité criminelle pour cause de troubles mentaux à l’égard d’une mère ayant poignardé ses 2 filles.

Intitulé : R. c. C.P., 2021 QCCS 4382
Juridiction : Cour . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : La recevabilité d’une preuve par ouï-dire et l’absence d’une directive particulière au jury sur ce point ont miné la crédibilité de l’appelante de façon irrémédiable; par conséquent, la Cour d’appel ordonne la tenue d’un nouveau procès relativement à une gardienne déclarée coupable sous une accusation de voies . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : Le tribunal conclut que le cumul des agissements de la poursuite et de l’Unité permanente anticorruption dans le cadre du procès de l’ex-maire de Terrebonne Jean-Marc Robitaille a porté atteinte à la probité du système judiciaire de façon si outrageante que seul l’arrêt des procédures permet de . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : Les objectifs visant à renforcer la protection de la santé des jurés et à favoriser le déroulement efficace et ininterrompu du procès constituent une «raison valable» au sens du pouvoir de dispense des candidats jurés prévu à l’article 632 c) C.Cr. et justifient la sélection d’un jury . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy

One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from August 20 to October 20, 2021 inclusive.

Appeals

Courts/Media: Publication Bans
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Manitoba, 2019 MBCA 1222021 SCC 33 (38992)

The Court of Appeal here had ordered a continuing publication ban in its judgment on the merits without a hearing to . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : Afin de souligner l’intolérance de la société envers la violence dans le sport, le tribunal impose une peine de 9 mois d’emprisonnement dans la collectivité à un accusé récidiviste ayant commis des voies de fait causant des lésions corporelles lors d’une mêlée générale entre des joueurs de . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : Un professeur universitaire ayant plaidé coupable sous des accusations relatives à des actions indécentes commises dans un endroit public à l’encontre de jeunes écolières se voit imposer une condamnation avec sursis assortie de conditions ainsi qu’une obligation d’enregistrement au Registre national des délinquants sexuels.

Intitulé : R. . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : Le tribunal rejette la requête de l’accusé visant la constitution d’un jury adéquatement vacciné contre la COVID-19.

Intitulé : R. c. Bissonnette, 2021 QCCS 3856
Juridiction : Cour supérieure (C.S.), Montréal
Décision de : Juge Mario Longpré
Date : 13 septembre 2021

Résumé

PÉNAL (DROIT) — procédure . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : L’argent liquide volé constitue un «bien» au sens de l’article 462.37 (3) C.Cr.; il est donc inexact de soutenir que seule l’impossibilité de confisquer un bien tangible permettrait de recourir à l’amende de remplacement d’une ordonnance de confiscation des produits de la criminalité.

Intitulé : Badaro c. . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

CONSTITUTIONNEL (DROIT) : La Cour d’appel a conclu que les articles 5 et 10 de la Loi encadrant le cannabis, qui prévoient l’interdiction totale de possession de plantes et de cultures de cannabis à des fins personnelles, ont pour objectif d’assurer l’efficacité du monopole d’État confié à la Société . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : Un infirmier auxiliaire qui a touché l’anus d’une patiente sous prétexte d’évaluer son problème médical est déclaré coupable d’agression sexuelle.

Intitulé : R. c. Yanon, 2021 QCCQ 7295
Juridiction : Cour du Québec, Chambre criminelle et pénale (C.Q.), Gatineau
Décision de : Juge Richard Meredith
Date :  . . . [more]

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