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): Les articles de la Loi concernant les soins de fin de vie qui visent l’aide médicale à mourir sont incompatibles avec les articles 14 et 241 b) C.Cr.; leur mise en application sera ainsi suspendue dès l’entrée en vigueur de la loi, le 10 décembre 2015.

Intitulé :  . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern: Aliens – International Law – Statutes – Civil Rights – Constitutional Law – Administrative Law – Copyright

B010 v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2015 SCC 58
Aliens – International Law – Statutes
Summary: Section 37(1)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act rendered a permanent resident or a foreign national inadmissible to . . . [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 : La travailleuse, une employée d’une entreprise fédérale qui a choisi de prendre le congé prévu par le Code canadien du travail pendant sa grossesse, n’a pas le droit de recevoir une indemnité de remplacement du revenu en vertu de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du . . . [more]

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 (November 12 – December 11, 2015 inclusive).

Oral Judgments

Criminal Law: Dangerous Driving Causing Death; Test For Mens Rea
R. v. Hecimovic, 2014 BCCA 483(36260) 2015 SCC 54

Justice Abella: “The majority is of the view . . . [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) : En l’absence d’épisodes psychotiques, les troubles de l’humeur ne devraient qu’exceptionnellement entraîner un verdict de non-responsabilité pour cause de troubles mentaux (art. 16 C.Cr.).

Intitulé : Autorité des marchés financiers c. Patry, 2015 QCCA 1933
Juridiction : Cour d’appel (C.A.), Montréal, 500-10-005472-137
Décision de : Juges François . . . [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 : L’article 500.1 du Code de la sécurité routière, qui interdit toute action concertée destinée à entraver la circulation des véhicules routiers, est déclaré invalide; il porte atteinte aux libertés d’expression et de réunion pacifique protégées par les chartes.

Intitulé : Garbeau c. Montréal (Ville de), 2015 . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern: Aliens – Criminal Law – Statutes – Bankruptcy – Constitutional Law – Highways – Motor Vehicles

Tran v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) 2015 FCA 237
Aliens – Criminal Law – Statutes
Summary: Tran, a citizen of Vietnam, was a permanent resident in Canada. In 2012, he was convicted of producing . . . [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.

Barafield Realty Ltd. v. Just Energy (B.C.) Limited Partnership, 2015 BCCA 421

AREAS OF LAW: Privity of contract; Novation; New issues on appeal; Money had and received

~Where a party seeks to enter into an agreement which is dependent on it making a payment that it disputes, and the party has time to seek a determination of the validity of the payment but chooses not to do so, then . . . [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) : Lino Zambito est condamné à une peine d’emprisonnement avec sursis de deux ans moins un jour sous chacun des chefs de complot pour abus de confiance, de corruption dans les affaires municipales, d’intimidation, de fraudes et de complot en vue de commettre une fraude à l’endroit de . . . [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.

COMPAGNIES: Le respect par Air Canada des dispositions que la Loi sur la participation publique au capital d’Air Canada lui impose d’intégrer à ses statuts n’a pas à être déterminé en fonction des normes reconnues sous le régime de la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions, dont la . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern: Administrative Law – Labour Law – Unemployment Insurance

Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc. v. Public Service Alliance of Canada et al. 2015 MBCA 94
Administrative Law – Labour Law
Summary: An arbitrator was appointed to determine 65 grievances. At issue was whether employees could receive two premiums for the same hours worked: the shift premium, . . . [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): Accusés de crimes graves depuis 2009, les requérants, qui en sont à leur cinquième demande, obtiennent un arrêt des procédures fondé sur les lacunes de la communication de la preuve.

Intitulé : Berger c. R., 2015 QCCS 4666
Juridiction : Cour supérieure (C.S.), Montréal, 500-01-094385-132
Décision de :  . . . [more]