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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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8 août 2022

Droit de la famille — 21771

The standard of living of the parties during their marriage is not a criteria to be considered in the evaluation of the support creditor’s financial autonomy if the parties were living beyond their means.

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4 août 2022

R. c. X

The judge should have taken into account the contemporary understanding of the harmfulness of sexual violence against children and the principles in R. v. Friesen when sentencing for an offence of indecent assault committed 40 years ago.   

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3 août 2022

R. c. Bertrand Marchand

Particular circumstances justify the trial judge’s declaration of constitutional inoperability of the minimum sentence under s. 172.1(2)(a) of the Criminal Code in the case of an accused who had sexual contact with the complainant before the period covered by the charge of luring.

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15 juillet 2022

R. v. Laffont

The application to exclude evidence from a journalist charged with child pornography offences is allowed; the search warrants authorized under s. 487 of the Criminal Code (Cr.C.) by a presiding justice of the peace were invalid because they should have been authorized under section 488.01 Cr.C. by a competent judge according to the terms of that provision.

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30 juin 2022

Patton v. Fonds d’aide aux actions collectives

The applicants are entitled to financial assistance from the Fonds d’aide aux actions collectives at the authorization stage before the Superior Court for a class action concerning the emission of radio frequencies by cellular telephones manufactured or sold by Apple Canada Inc. or Samsung Electronics and the companies’ failure to provide warnings about the use […]

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29 juin 2022

J.T. v. Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec

The applicant, paraplegic as the result of a motor vehicle accident when he was 16 years old, was refused reimbursement by the SAAQ for the expense of replacing his stove with a specialized appliance; the home adaptation guideline adopted by the SAAQ does not have the force of law but cannot be set aside out […]

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28 juin 2022

M.B. v. CISSS A (Hôpital A)

The application to be released from confinement in an institution is inadmissible; the Superior Court’s safeguard order, to which he is currently subject, was made further to an application for authorization of care and was not a continuance of the confinement ordered earlier.

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23 juin 2022

M.B. and Responsable du CISSS A (Hôpital A

The accused’s claim that he has memory lapses regarding the offences charged against him is insufficient to render him unfit to stand trial; he is able to seek or receive advice from his counsel and is fit to stand trial.

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22 juin 2022

K.D. and Responsable du CIUSSS A (Hôpital A)

Social affairs  – protection of persons – not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder – fitness to stand trial – capacity of accused must be assessed, not current performance or understanding

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