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Quebec Court of Appeal expresses frustration over systemic delays in securing trial transcripts

The Quebec Court of Appeal, exasperated by provincial government inaction, delivered a rare but stinging rebuke over recurring systemic unmitigated delays in securing trial transcripts that disproportionately affect English-speaking appellants which “regrettably” puts into question the proper administration of criminal justice in Quebec.

 

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This story was originally published in The Lawyer’s Daily.



3 responses to “Quebec Court of Appeal expresses frustration over systemic delays in securing trial transcripts”

  1. […] decisions in 2021 dealing with the intersection of linguistic rights and the courts. In one, the Appeal Court castigated the Quebec government over recurring systemic unmitigated delays in securing trial transcripts that disproportionately […]

  2. […] Quebec Court of Appeal expresses frustration over systemic delays in securing trial transcripts […]

  3. Jean Jacques (John) Ranger

    I agree wholeheartedly with Me Maude Pagé-Arpin when she states that “the Jordan Principle *JURISPRUDENCE* logically applies to as well as and this since <> meaning that any case that is appealed and recognized as such by any appeal court, – in an “”unfinished case”” that which the Jordan Jurisprudence still applies. Only once a party has exhausted all remedies in any particular case/file … only then can the Jordan jurisprudence be removed as a procedural safeguard. That said, I trust there will be some isolated and explicit situations wherein the Jordan principle would / could be re-activated and newly applied to any given case, this depending on the particular proof of any such situation/case.

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