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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 délai de 48 heures prévu à l’article 108 de la Loi sur le système de justice pénale pour les adolescents permettant au directeur provincial de renvoyer le cas d’un adolescent arrêté pour examen est un délai de rigueur.

Intitulé : LSJPA — 1560, 2015 QCCQ 14868 . . . [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 trois accusés, un guide spirituel et ses deux assistants, reconnus coupables de négligence criminelle ayant causé des lésions corporelles à une victime et la mort d’une autre à la suite d’une séance de sudation tenue dans le contexte d’un séminaire de croissance personnelle, devront purger respectivement . . . [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 Loi de 2013 sur la succession au trône adoptée par le Parlement fédéral en 2013 est constitutionnelle.

Intitulé : Motard c. Canada (Procureure générale), 2016 QCCS 588
Juridiction : Cour supérieure (C.S.), Québec, 200-17-018455-139
Décision de : Juge Claude Bouchard
Date : 16 février 2016

CONSTITUTIONNEL . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy

On 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 and leaves to appeal granted, so you know what the S.C.C. will soon be dealing with (February 17 – March 11, 2016 inclusive).

Oral Judgments

Criminal Law: Arbitrary Detention; Exclusion of Evidence

R. v. Gagnon, 2016 SCC 6 (36581) Judgment rendered Feb. 24, 2016

Justice Cromwell: “This is an appeal as . . . [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’ancienne lieutenante-gouverneure du Québec Lise Thibault devra purger la peine de 18 mois de détention qui lui a été imposée en première instance après qu’elle eut plaidé coupable sous des accusations de fraude et d’abus de confiance.

Intitulé : Thibault c. R., 2016 QCCA 335
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) : L’article 551.3 (1) d) C.Cr. confère au juge le pouvoir nécessaire de limiter la durée d’un procès; il est ordonné que soit établi un calendrier final et détaillé prévoyant une limite de jours consacrés à la présentation de requêtes.

Intitulé :R. c. Bordo, 2016 QCCS 477 . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: OnPoint Legal Research

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.

Boekhoff v. Boekhoff, 2016 BCCA 33

AREAS OF LAW: Family law; Spousal support; Arrears; Material change in circumstances

~Agreeing to accept a lower amount of spousal support does not create a binding contract where no consideration is given, but may constitute waiver of the right to a higher amount.~

BACKGROUND:  The Appellant, Jayne Boekhoff, and the Respondent, Gerald Boekhoff, were married for over 20 years. Throughout this time the . . . [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.

FISCALITÉ : Leurs droits fondamentaux ayant été violés lors de l’examen fiscal qui a permis de découvrir la preuve que le ministère public souhaite utiliser contre eux dans un procès pour évasion fiscale, la requête en exclusion de la preuve des requérants est accueillie.

Intitulé : Agence du revenu du . . . [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’article 10 (1) de la Loi sur l’abolition de la libération anticipée des criminels, qui prévoit que l’abolition de la procédure d’examen expéditif (PEE) s’applique rétrospectivement aux délinquants purgeant déjà leur peine, contrevient à l’article 11 i) de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés; . . . [more]

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Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy

On 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 and leaves to appeal granted, so you know what the S.C.C. will soon be dealing with (January 1 to February 10, 2016 inclusive).

Appeals

Transportation: Railway Interswitching
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 SCC 1 (36223)

Interswitching regulations valid.

Oral Judgments

Criminal Law: (Alleged) Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
R. v. . . . [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.

RESPONSABILITÉ : Dans le contexte d’une vérification fiscale, la malveillance d’un représentant de l’Agence du revenu du Québec relativement aux comptes de dépenses d’une entreprise qu’il a sciemment comptabilisés en double est grossière et constitue de l’incurie, de l’insouciance ou de l’incompétence grave équivalant à de la mauvaise foi.

Intitulé . . . [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 peine de Guy Turcotte à la suite de sa condamnation pour meurtre au second degré de ses 2 enfants est l’emprisonnement à perpétuité; le délai préalable à sa libération conditionnelle est fixé à 17 ans sous chacun des chefs d’accusation.

Intitulé : R. c. Turcotte, 2016 . . . [more]

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