Court decisions
This database presents summaries of key court decisions in Canada related to official languages and of events relating to language rights since 2003. These summaries have been prepared by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada.
This database is not exhaustive. It was designed to be used as a reference tool for people directly or indirectly interested in language rights. The database is updated on an ongoing basis.
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Year: 2008
Province or Territory: Quebec
Court: Superior Court of Québec
Citation: 2009 QCCS 4646
Category: Legislative and judicial bilingualism
This caseFootnote 1 establishes distinctions between the language rights applicable to civil proceedings and those applicable to criminal proceedings. It also provides clarifications on the payment of interpretation fees. In this case, the...2. R v Weinberg
Year: 2013
Province or Territory: Quebec
Court: Superior Court of Québec
Citation: 2014 QCCS 320
Category: Legislative and judicial bilingualism
The Quebec Superior Court dismissed the Crown’s application to conduct a bilingual trial. Background In a trial in which the co-accused had exercised their right to be tried in English, the Crown applied for a bilingual trial on the grounds that a 200-page accountant’s...