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Call Me Maître While I Insult You
« Call me Maître, » demands Me Cynthia Ward, of the firm Spunt & Carin. In the same file, under her signature, she brands a neurodivergent father with « narcissistic obstinacy » and « paranoid thinking » — while holding the report that contradicts her. The Bar closed the file in four days.
COVID cancelled flights: Court of Appeal authorizes class action against Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet and Sunwing
During the pandemic, thousands of travellers saw their flights cancelled and were offered a credit instead of a refund. The Court of Appeal of Quebec authorizes a class action against Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet and Sunwing, reversing a Superior Court refusal. Note: this is an authorization, not a judgment on the merits.
Men Are Victims of Parental Alienation Too
We picture the father whom nothing can touch. The reality is different: men in depression and distress after losing their children despite records in their favour. Without pitting anyone against anyone, EnDroit.ca gives a voice to the fathers no one listens to.
Voyeurism: man found guilty of filming his 17-year-old stepdaughter in the bathroom
Two cameras hidden in the bathroom, discovered by a 17-year-old before her shower. The court found her stepfather guilty of voyeurism — and recalled a little-known rule: the victim need not be nude, nor must the accused have acted for a sexual purpose.
Your Records and the Recording of Your Hearings: You Have the Right — Here’s How to Get Them
The recording of your hearing, your police report, your medical file: it all belongs to you, and almost no one tells you that you can obtain it. The guide to going after the truth the system keeps quiet — for a few dollars.
A Citizens’ Project Without Citizens
SOQUIJ, Éducaloi, JuridiQC, Justice Pro Bono, legal aid… Quebec has already built dozens of access-to-justice platforms, worth tens of millions of dollars. And still, public trust is collapsing. The Bar’s answer? Fund one more initiative — a citizens’ project with no citizens in it.
Repentigny Police and Police Ethics: When Every Institution Passes the Buck
On paper, citizens are protected against police abuse. In practice, the Commissioner, Tribunal, BEI and DPCP pass the ball around — two charges and zero convictions in nearly 450 investigations. An analysis of a structural conflict of interest, and the announcement of an investigation into the Repentigny police.
Supervised access: Quebec’s Court of Appeal corrects a judge and recalls the six-month rule
A father under supervised access for over a year, a favourable expert report, 92 visits without a single incident — and a judge who still refuses to lift the supervision. Quebec’s Court of Appeal corrects the ruling and recalls that a safeguard order is not meant to drag on.
Transfusions refused by Jehovah’s Witness parents: Quebec Superior Court authorizes them to save their premature baby
Jehovah’s Witness parents refuse, on religious grounds, the blood transfusions their baby girl born at 26 weeks may need to survive. The Superior Court authorizes the care: the parents’ freedom of religion does not extend to denying a child a necessary treatment for which there is no alternative.