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 Cour ordonne la tenue d’un nouveau procès dans une affaire de meurtre; l’exposé final de l’avocat de la poursuite était ponctué de remarques inappropriées ne respectant pas les critères de neutralité et d’objectivité auxquels on s’attend d’un exposé final au jury.

Intitulé : Gordon Gray c. . . . [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, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from November 13 – December 31, 2025 inclusive.

Appeals

Class Actions: Securities; Secondary Market Disclosure
Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich, 2023 ONCA 359; 2025 SCC 39 (40853) Nov. 28, 2025

The motion judge herein erred by relying on restrictive definitions of “change”, “business”, “operations”, and “capital”, and . . . [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) : Dans le contexte où la seule question en litige concernait la preuve d’identification de l’intimé, le juge d’extradition n’a pas outrepassé son rôle en appréciant la fiabilité de celle-ci; estimant cette preuve insuffisante et manifestement peu digne de foi, le juge n’a pas commis d’erreur en n’ordonnant . . . [more]

As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted.

Appeal

Municipal Law/Contracts: Novation
Sainte-Julie (City) v. Investissements Laroda inc., 2025 SCC 44 (41036)

Clarification re Civil Code law re contracts and novation. . . . [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.

FISCALITÉ : Le juge de première instance n’a pas commis d’erreur révisable ni exercé son pouvoir discrétionnaire de manière déraisonnable en rejetant sommairement la contestation fiscale de l’appelant après l’avoir déclarée abusive; la question en litige a été tranchée de manière définitive par la Cour d’appel fédérale.

Intitulé : Clément . . . [more]

As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted.

Appeals

Criminal Law: Arrest
R. v. Carignan, 2025 SCC 43 (41186)

Clarifications re s.495 and arrest without warrant.

Oral Judgment

Criminal Law: Sexual Exploitation
R. v. D.,2025 SCC 42 (41754)

Sexual exploitation appeal allowed. . . . [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) : Si, après avoir fait le constat de la possibilité que l’accusé n’ait jamais dormi chez sa nièce durant les années 1970, la juge de première instance s’était employée à démêler adéquatement la preuve, elle n’aurait pu raisonnablement conclure que le problème de fiabilité était limité à la . . . [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) : Le juge de première instance, qui a erré dans l’analyse du témoignage de la victime dans une affaire de leurre, ne pouvait par ailleurs fonder sa décision sur le résultat de ses recherches concernant la signification de l’expression «BZ» employée dans les messages texte sans avoir au . . . [more]

As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted.

Appeals

Class Actions: Securities; Secondary Market Disclosure
Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich, 2025 SCC 39 (40853)

“Material change” broadly interpreted re securities disclosure. . . . [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) : Même si la déclaration antérieure de la victime — laquelle, au moment de la continuation de son contre-interrogatoire, a décidé de se rétracter et de retirer toutes ses accusations contre l’accusé — n’aurait pas dû être recevable à titre de preuve au fond, cette erreur est sans . . . [more]