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: Nova Scotia
Court: Provincial Court of Nova Scotia
Citation: 2008 NSPC 78
Category: Language rights and services to the public
In this case, the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia ruled on the question of standing to seek a stay of proceedings for an alleged infringement of section 20(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (The Charter). Gordon...Year: 2004
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Citation: 2004 NSCA 10
Category: Legislative and judicial bilingualism
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal’s judgment in MackenzieFootnote 1 confirmed and restated the obligation that a justice of the peace or provincial judge has under subsection 530(3) of theCriminal Code...Year: 2004
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2004 FC 1444
Category: Language rights and services to the public
In his action before the Federal CourtFootnote 1, Mr. Doucet was no longer asking that his conviction for speeding be quashed owing to the circumstances of his arrest, which allegedly infringed his language rights, but...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Supreme Court of Canada
Citation: (2003)3 S.C.R. 3
Category: Minority-language education rights
In the case of Doucet-BoudreauFootnote 1, the Supreme Court of Canada considered the question of the nature of the remedy that can be awarded under section 24 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (The Charter)...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...6. 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...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Federal Court of Appeal
Citation: 2003 FCA 149
Category: Language rights in the federal public service
The judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal in AyangmaFootnote 1 raises the question of the language obligations applicable to a staffing process following a competition. In particular, it raises the question of the applicability of Part...Filter by court
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