Elderly sexual offender sentenced to jail
An 82-year old man who sexually abused his two daughters received a 23-month sentence after the court held that advanced age should not the only determining factor in sentencing a criminal.
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Workplace injury leads to criminal charges
A Montreal garage service manager was accused of two counts of criminal negligence causing injuries to two mechanics.
Surrogacy agreements illegal in Quebec
Surrogacy agreements, unlike in the rest of Canada, are illegal in Quebec, ruled a judge.
Canada’s longest trial again in the news
Nearly 15 months after the Quebec Court of Appeal griped about the legal war of attrition that has lasted more than a decade in the case against a former accounting giant and its partners over the infamous collapse of Montreal real-estate firm Castor Holdings Inc., the highest court of the province recently dismissed yet another appeal.
Bulldozer who headed crime probe passes away
Jean-Luc Dutil, a former Quebec Court judge and the head an extensive probe into organized crime that marked Quebec during the 1970s, passed away, ravaged by a cancer in the space of less than two months.
Federal government overstepped its authority, says Quebec Court of Appeal
In a ruling hailed as a victory for federalism, the Quebec Court of Appeal struck down dozens of provisions of the federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act it deemed to be unconstitutional because it encroached on provincial jurisdictions.
High court refuses to hear Moroccan immigration case
The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear the case of two Moroccans who accused the Quebec government of discrimination in its handling of immigration applications.
Quebec Court of Appeal shuns strict approach towards sex offender registration
Quebec Court of Appeal steers away from rigid interpretation of sex offender registration.
Minigolf is a sport, rules tribunal
Mini-putt, or minigolf as it also known, has joined the ranks of bowling and billiard, and is now officially considered to be a sport in Quebec.
Cuckold loses bid to strike his name off child’s birth certificate
A man who discovered that he was not the biological father of a child lost his bid before the Quebec Court of Appeal to strike his name off the child’s certificate.
A Quebec judge reflecting on challenges they face
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Allan Hilton reflected on judges and lawyers grappling with the challenges emanating from Quebec’s unique cultural and linguistic make-up.