S-20, r. 1 - By-law respecting the collection and selection of judicial decisions

Updated to 1 January 2024

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chapter S-20, r. 1

By-law respecting the collection and selection of judicial decisions

Act respecting the Société québécoise d’information juridique

(chapter S-20, s. 21).

1. The clerks of the courts in Québec shall send to the Société québécoise d’information juridique (the company) a copy of every judicial decision delivered with reasons. The clerks of the quasi-judicial tribunals in Québec shall send to the company a copy of every quasi-judicial decision delivered with reasons, where an agreement for publication has been entered into with the company.

Decision 86-01-14, s. 1.

2. The company shall take note of the decisions and shall select them with a view to including them in company publications.

Decision 86-01-14, s. 2.

3. A decision may be selected if it contains any of the following:

(1)  a new point of law;

(2)  a new departure in case law;

(3)  unusual facts;

(4)  substantial documentary information;

(5)  a discussion of a specific social problem.

The above considerations also govern the manner in which the decision is reported, whether verbatim, in summary or by extract, in tabular form or otherwise.

Decision 86-01-14, s. 3.

4. The name of any party or interested person shall be mentioned, subject to any statutory or judicial provision to the contrary.

Decision 86-01-14, s. 4.

5. (Omitted).

Decision 86-01-14, s. 5.

REFERENCES

Decision 86-01-14, 1986 G.O. 2, 362