67. R.S. v. P.R. 2019
Description
A Quebec court doesn’t always have to put its proceedings on hold when a foreign court is hearing the same dispute, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Date: October 25, 2019
Neutral Citation: 2019 SCC 49
Breakdown of the decision:
Majority: Justice Clément Gascon allowed the appeal (Chief Justice Wagner and Justices Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Martin agreed)
Concurring: Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella would have allowed the appeal because a decision under the Belgian law letting a spouse revoke gifts went against Quebec’s and the international community’s approach to spousal equality, and wouldn’t be recognized in Quebec
Dissenting: Justice Russell Brown said the application judge made a legal error by failing to consider the risk of conflicting judgments, and so would have dismissed the appeal
On appeal from the Court of Appeal of Quebec
Lower court rulings (in French only):
Application for stay of proceedings (Superior Court of Quebec)
Appeal (Court of Appeal of Quebec)
United States
