The right to the most gripping news does not exist, says Quebec Court of Appeal
Québec media restricted from using cameras and conducting interviews except in designated areas of the courthouse. The post The right to the most gripping news does not exist, says Quebec Court of...
View ArticleCardiologist who had sex with patient condemned to pay $100,000
A cardiologist who had sexual relations with a patient was condemned by the Quebec Court of Appeal to pay $100,000 in damages to a former patient after it was determined that he had unlawfully...
View ArticleImmunity and Public Inquiries
Sworn testimony provided by former Quebec justice minister Marc Bellemare before the provincial commission of inquiry into Quebec’s system of nominating judges may be possibly be used against him in a...
View ArticleNews roundup: On crucifixes, missing judges and spying
The City of Saguenay and Mayor Jean Tremblay has been ordered to pay $30,000 in moral and punitive damages by a Quebec Human Rights Tribunal to a citizen for discriminating against his freedom of...
View ArticleFormer lawyer ordered to pay $77,000 in damages
A former lawyer and her companion who made the lives of their neighbours so miserable that they fled to Alberta before even selling their home have been condemned to pay more than $77,000 in damages by...
View ArticleQuebec court authorizes privacy class action against Apple
A privacy class action suit launched by a software engineer against Apple Inc. and Apple Canada Inc. was granted authorization by Quebec Superior Court late last month. The post Quebec court authorizes...
View ArticleTobacco companies do not have to pay initial $1.13 billion in tobacco class...
Three Canadian tobacco companies will not have to make an immediate $1.13 billion payment to Quebec smokers who won a landmark class action suit after the Quebec Court of Appeal held that the...
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