Quebec Court Of Appeal

• Appeal court orders new trial for former senior Montreal politician Zampino

  The charges against the former right-hand man to Gérald Tremblay, who was mayor from 2001 to 2012, allege that municipal contracts were awarded in exchange for political donations.

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2023
  
• MK-ULTRA mind-control experiments: Quebec high court says U.S. has immunity in Canada

  The proposed class-action lawsuit is about MK-ULTRA – allegedly funded by the Canadian government and the CIA between the 1940s and 1960s at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2023
  
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• Quebec’s top court overturns stay granted to retired judge in wife’s killing

  The province's highest court has ordered that the case against Jacques Delisle return to Quebec Superior Court, where he had been facing a second trial.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2023
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• Facebook class action gets green light after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal

  Audrey Boctor, one of the lawyers behind the suit, said the top court's ruling means the case can now move toward an eventual trial.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2023
• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of ex-construction boss Tony Accurso convicted of corruption

  Tony Accurso was sentenced in 2018 in what a Quebec judge called one of the worst examples of municipal corruption to come before a Canadian court.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2023
• Quebec judge denies request to appeal decision maintaining school prayer space ban

  The groups had been seeking to have the prayer ban suspended by the Quebec Court of Appeal until their court challenge could be heard in full.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2023
• Quebec school prayer ban: Groups seek permission to appeal court ruling

  In June, a Quebec Superior Court judge refused to suspend the ban, which forbids schools from making any space available on school grounds for students to pray overtly.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
• Supreme Court mourns former justice Louis LeBel, who served 14 years on highest bench

  Louis Lebel was considered a leading voice on labour law in Quebec, and his advocacy and writings on worker and union rights continue to be influential.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2023
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• Quebec’s ban on growing cannabis plants at home is indeed constitutional: Supreme Court

  The federal law allows people to grow or own up to four cannabis plants at home, but the Quebec government banned growing for personal use.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2023
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• Quebec man who refused breathalyzer test has acquittal upheld by Canada’s top court

  The Supreme Court of Canada says the demand was invalid because police did not have in their possession an approved screening device to test for alcohol.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2023