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: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Citation: 2003 NSSCF 209
Category: Legislative and judicial bilingualism
In Schneider,Footnote 1 the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia dealt with the question of whether the right to be tried in either official language set out in section 530 of the Criminal Code also included the...2. R. v Doucet
Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Citation: 2003 N.S.J. no. 516
Category: Language rights and services to the public
As in Desgagné, the judgment of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in DoucetFootnote 1 raises, in addition to the question of a reasonable delay in the holding of the trial, the question of the linguistic obligations of Royal...