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29 novembre 2022

G.C. v. Compagnie d’assurance vie RBC

A simple reading of the relevant definitions of the disability insurance party binding the parties, giving the words their ordinary meaning, supports the conclusion that the insured must be unable to perform all of the important duties of his occupation to be declared totally disabled.

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28 novembre 2022

Compagnie d’assurance vie RBC v. O.C.

To be totally disabled within the meaning of the disability insurance policy binding the parties, the insured must be unable to perform all of the important duties of his occupation, which is incompatible with the idea that he is able to practise.

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25 novembre 2022

Poulin v. Gareau

The testatrix was not the client of the appellant notary acting as liquidator of her succession; the decision of the Professions Tribunal upholding the guilty verdict based on section 30 of the Code of ethics of notaries was therefore unreasonable, and the appeal is allowed.

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24 novembre 2022

Stamir Investments Inc. v. Kurstak

In the context of real estate fraud, a hypothec granted over property that the grantor never owned is without effect, could never encumber the property, and must therefore be cancelled.

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23 novembre 2022

Droit de la famille — 211290

A person claiming to be a child’s biological parent must be “one of his parents” as set out in article 3147 C.C.Q., the provision concerning the jurisdiction of Quebec authorities in filiation matters.

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23 septembre 2022

Autorité des marchés financiers v. Larivière

Administrative Law – Government actions – powers – freeze orders – ex parte order – ongoing investigation – apparent breaches – Securities Act – Derivatives Act – illegal activities – not registered – illegal investment – contracts for difference – no prospectus – urgency – public confidence – integrity of the markets

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16 septembre 2022

Baril v. Woods

The trial judge was right in concluding that the evidence did not establish an actual violation of the implied rules of confidentiality in this case and in dismissing the application to disqualify the respondent law firm; the appeal is dismissed.

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6 septembre 2022

Turbide Labbé v. Ministère de la Sécurité publique

The trial judge should have taken into account the cumulative effect of the various periods of solitary detention on the appellant’s mental health and formulated a conclusion the correctional authorities could have enforced, which was not the case.

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16 août 2022

R. v. SNC-Lavalin inc.

The Court approves the draft remediation agreement between the prosecution, SNC-Lavalin Inc., and SNC-Lavalin International Inc. concerning the payment of a total of $29,558,777 due to offences committed in connection with the award of the Jacques Cartier Bridge refurbishment contract.

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12 août 2022

René v. R.

The trial judge erred in excluding the defence of provocation during the examination of the evidence; she applied the evidential burden test, which is a question for the trier of fact to conclude that the evidential burden had not been met.

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9 août 2022

Personne désignée v. R.

Charging a police informer for an offence that the informer revealed to the police, when the police had provided no satisfying explanation regarding the informer’s immunity, is shocking and likely to undermine the integrity of the legal process.

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