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) : L’appel du jugement de la Cour supérieure ayant rejeté la demande de sursis provisoire quant à l’application des articles 6 et 8 de la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État est rejeté.

Intitulé : Hak c. Procureure générale du Québec, 2019 QCCA 2145
Juridiction : Cour d’appel . . . [more]

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 as well as leaves to appeal granted so you will know what the SCC will soon be dealing with (November 16 – December 13, 2019 inclusive).

Appeals

Constitutional/Maritime Law: Division of Powers; Sale of Marine Parts
Desgagnés Transport Inc. v. Wärtsilä Canada Inc., 2019 SCC 58 (37873)

The federal maritime law at issue here . . . [more]

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.

COMMERCIAL (DROIT) : L’Autorité des marchés publics a manifestement contrevenu aux règles de justice naturelle, tant dans le processus menant à la décision que dans la décision rendue, soit celle de rejeter la demande d’autorisation de contracter avec un organisme public que lui avait soumise la demanderesse.

Intitulé : Entreprises . . . [more]

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.

DROITS ET LIBERTÉS : La Cour d’appel confirme que les propos tenus par Mike Ward à l’endroit de Jérémy Gabriel, lequel est atteint du syndrome de Treacher Collins, sont de nature discriminatoire et qu’ils ont eu pour effet de compromettre le droit de ce dernier à la reconnaissance en pleine . . . [more]

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) : Une peine de 8 mois de détention assortie d’une probation de 2 ans est imposée à un homme de 55 ans s’étant reconnu coupable de vol d’identité et de fabrication de faux documents dans le contexte d’une fraude organisée de plus de 600 000 $.

Intitulé :  . . . [more]

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) : Pour empêcher que le meurtre d’honneur soit réduit à un homicide involontaire coupable, le législateur a choisi de restreindre la notion de «geste provocateur» à celui «qui constituerait un acte criminel prévu à la présente loi passible d’un emprisonnement de cinq ans ou plus»; cette modification apportée . . . [more]

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 as well as leaves to appeal granted so you will know what the SCC will soon be dealing with (October 12 – November 15, 2019 inclusive).

Appeals

Criminal Law: Delay; Youth
R. v. K.J.M., 2019 SCC 55 (38292)

Two main issues: do the presumptive Jordan ceilings apply to youth justice court proceedings; was the . . . [more]

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.

RESPONSABILITÉ : La Commission scolaire des Hautes-Rivières, la directrice de l’école Micheline-Brodeur et 2 enseignantes de cette école sont condamnées à verser 68 000 $ aux parents d’une élève qui, en quatrième année, a été victime d’intimidation.

Intitulé : B.L. c. Labrie, 2019 QCCS 4648 *
Juridiction : Cour supérieure . . . [more]

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.

TRAVAIL : Lorsque l’employeur lui-même est l’auteur de harcèlement psychologique, de connivence avec un tiers, il contrevient gravement à la loi et mérite d’être sanctionné au moyen de dommages punitifs.

Intitulé : Prado Paredes et Entreprise de placement Les Progrès inc., 2019 QCTAT 4593
Juridiction : Tribunal administratif du travail, . . . [more]

One Sunday each month OnPoint Legal Research provides Slaw with an extended summary of, and counsel’s commentary on, an important case from the British Columbia, Alberta, or Ontario court of appeal.

Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine v. Medical Services Commission, 2019 BCCA 315

AREAS OF LAW:  Constitutional; Public; Human Rights

~The Medical Services Commission decision to deny a private medical clinic approval as a diagnostic facility was reasonable and the clinic provided an insufficient evidentiary foundation to establish its claim that the denial breached rights under s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms for the clinic’s . . . [more]

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) : L’argument des appelants au soutien de leur demande de déclaration d’inconstitutionnalité de la Loi de 2013 sur la succession au trône, voulant que cette loi modifie la charge de la Reine et qu’elle n’ait pas été adoptée suivant la bonne procédure, est rejeté.

Intitulé : Motard . . . [more]

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 nouvelles dispositions relatives au processus de sélection du jury ne s’appliquent pas rétrospectivement aux actes criminels commis avant le 19 septembre 2019.

Intitulé : R. c. Lindor, 2019 QCCS 4232
Juridiction : Cour supérieure (C.S.), Montréal
Décision de : Juge Éric Downs
Date : 9 octobre . . . [more]