Court deems COVID-19 measures a “misfortune”
There is no doubt that the measures put in place by the federal and provincial governments are a “misfortune.”
Category: Quebec Superior Court
Anti-vaxxer mom loses bid to prevent her kids from being vaccinated
An anti-vaxxer mother lost her bid to prevent her two children from being vaccinated.
$115,000 in damages awarded to victim of wrongful arrest
Three police officers and the City of Montreal were ordered to pay $115,000 in damages following a wrongful arrest.
Damages awarded to victims of conjugal violence
A man who subjected his ex-wife to nine years of domestic violence was ordered by Quebec Superior Court to pay her nearly $47,000 in damages, the second time in less than a month that a Quebec court ordered an abusive spouse to pay damages for the violence they inflicted.
Quebec Superior Court upholds secularism bill exempts English-language schools
Quebec’s controversial secularism law that bans religious symbols from being worn by government employees was largely upheld by Quebec Superior Court thanks to the provincial government’s use of the notwithstanding clause even though it disproportionately harms women, and particularly Muslim women.
Landmark ruling for trans rights
Quebec, once on the forefront of trans rights, is now joining the ranks of most Canadian jurisdictions after Quebec Superior Court declared unconstitutional several articles of the Civil Code of Quebec that discriminated against trans and non-binary people.
Parent loses child custody during COVID-19
Non-respect of public health measures during a pandemic may be considered to be “reprehensible, even harmful, conduct to the development of a child,” held Quebec Superior Court Justice Claude Villeneuve in a child custody case.
Paying rent during COVID-19
The obligation to pay rent during the pandemic is an issue the courts are grappling with.
Hasidic community wins partial court victory
Hasidic community wins partial court victory The Hasidic Jewish Council of Quebec won a partial legal battle after Quebec Superior Court decided that the provincial government’s order that a maximum of 10 people be allowed in a place of worship applies to each room within a building that has independent access to the street, and not […]
Constitutional challenge over legal aid fees rebuffed by court
A Montreal criminal lawyer behind a constitutional challenge of Quebec’s legal aid disbursements’ system and a motion to revamp the legal aid fee system lost his bid after Quebec Superior Court held that it was a political matter.
Commercial landlord not entitled to rent due to force majeure, rules Quebec court
In one of the first Covid-19 related lawsuits to surface, a Quebec court held that a commercial landlord was not entitled to collect rent from its tenant because a Quebec government decree that suspended non-essential business activities for three months to stem the flow of the Covid-19 pandemic constitutes force majeure.