25 septembre 2024
Procureur général du Québec v. Fédération des policiers et policières municipaux du Québec
The trial judge did not err in declaring invalid certain provisions of the Regulation respecting the conduct of the investigations of the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes enacted under the Police Act.
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20 septembre 2024
R. v. Nimeri
The Court dismisses the application to exclude evidence presented by the accused, who was walking on a downtown Montreal sidewalk with a Glock 19 pistol nestled in his man-purse-type strap bag when he was stopped by the police; the police had sufficient grounds to detain him...
6 septembre 2024
R. v. Deslauriers
A police officer who caused the death of a young man by firing twice in his direction is acquitted of two counts of manslaughter; in the circumstances, he used the necessary and proportionate force to protect himself because he could reasonably believe that the victim was ch...
6 septembre 2024
R. v. Septus
A total sentence of 60 months’ imprisonment is imposed on a 20-year-old member of a street gang who committed offences in connection with the possession of a loaded firearm and a dangerous failure to stop while being pursued by the police; the factors of denunciation and det...
3 septembre 2024
Yan v. R.
The trial judge did not err in determining that the dominant characteristic of the silicone doll in the accused’s possession is a depiction of sexual organs and the anal region of a child for sexual purposes, which constitutes child pornography (s. 163.1(1)(a)(ii) Cr. C....
20 août 2024
Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (Toussaint) v. Procureur général du Québec (Ministère de la Sécurité publique)
The Tribunal finds that the complainant, a young Black man who was left alone for hours, naked and wet, in a cell without a mattress, was subjected to discriminatory treatment based on a handicap, race, and colour by correctional officers.
22 juillet 2024
Vêtements de sport Gildan inc. v. Browning West
The Tribunal, seized of an application brought by a private party involved in a dispute with one of its shareholders, refused to render the orders sought as it is of the view that they are without merit and are not justified in the public interest, irrespective of whether se...
8 juillet 2024
Procureur général du Québec v. Ortona
The application for leave to appeal brought by the Attorney General of Quebec and the Office québécois de la langue française from the order to stay the application of certain provisions of the Charter of the French Language to the English school boards is dismissed...
14 juin 2024
Groupe TVA Inc. v. Sûreté du Québec
Groupe TVA inc. did not uphold the confidentiality undertaking its journalist made when it broadcast a report identifying 2 individuals as sources of information; nevertheless, TVA is not ordered to disclose the information of the complete recording of the interview with the...
10 juin 2024
J.J. v. Procureur général du Québec
The Court authorizes a class action on behalf of the thousands of children subject to the Indian Act and Inuit children (and their families) who, between 1951 and 2014, were forced to attend the provincial Indigenous day school system, established by the Government ...
4 juin 2024
Ilgun v. R.
The Court of Québec judge could not ignore the matter of the trial venue in Kuujjuaq rather than in Quaqtaq or the appellant’s right to be tried in his community; that said, this is not a matter of jurisdiction, and the Superior Court judge was therefore well-founded in dism...
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