Justice: Quebec refuse a request of the judges of the superior Court

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The minister of Justice, Stéphanie Vallée

Alexandre Robillard

Thursday, 11 January, 2018 23:24

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The government of Quebec oppose the request of the judges of the superior Court who wish to obtain reimbursement of their counsel fees.

A spokesman for the ministry of Justice, Boris Lavoie Isebaert, has confirmed this decision, taken this week. “The Attorney general of Québec intends to contest the claim of provision for costs in constitutional matters in view of the payment of legal fees and disbursements of the applicants “, he said.

On 21 December, the judges of the superior Court have filed a petition about it to the Court of appeal, as reported by our Bureau of investigation on Wednesday.

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Last year, the minister of Justice and Attorney general of Québec Stéphanie Vallée has sought for reference to the Court of appeal to resolve a debate provoked by the superior Court, whose judges are appointed by Ottawa.

The origin of this feud judges, the judges of the superior Court claim that the Court of Québec, whose judges are appointed by the quebec government, ceases to hear matters whose value exceeds $10,000.

In their motion of December, the judges will ask the appeals Court to order the governments of Québec and Canada to pay their legal fees for this debate.

It was not possible to know if the Attorney general of Canada will also to the request of the judges who wish to obtain a refund.

The lawyer who represents the Council of the magistrature du Québec, Marc-André Fabien, said that the organization, which represents the judges of the Court of Québec, does not yet have a position on fees.