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41060

F.H. v. Ville de Montréal

(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)

(Publication ban on party)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2024-04-12 Close file on Leave
2024-04-11 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2024-04-11 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2024-04-11 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-09-030574-230, dated September 26, 2023, is dismissed with costs.
Dismissed, with costs
2024-03-13 Supplemental document, 2 volumes

- Lower court decision of F.H V J.A.
F.H.
2024-03-12 Certificate (on limitations to public access), Public Access To Information Form

- Amended version required
F.H.
2024-03-11 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2024-01-23 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Missing:

- 23A
- Parties' addresses / telephone number verification, Completed on: 2024-03-11, (Printed version filed on 2024-01-23)
Ville de Montréal
2024-01-12 Certificate (if inappropriate for a judge to take part in adjudication), (Letter Form), Justice Côté F.H.
2023-12-28 Letter advising parties of an incomplete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2023-12-28 (to be mailed)
2023-11-24 Supplemental document, (Letter Form), QCCA Notice of Appeal F.H.
2023-11-22 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), (2 volumes), Volume 2 filed on 11/24/2023
MISSING:
- Public Access Form,
- Full QCCA judgment, (Rec'd 2024-01-10)
- Filing Fees, (Rec'd 2024-01-12)
- Contact information for counsel for the respondents, Completed on: 2024-03-11
F.H.

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
F.H. Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Ville de Montréal Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: F.H.

This party is not represented by counsel.

Party: Ville de Montréal

Counsel
Name
Philippe El Ouardi
Contact information
Gagnier Guay Biron
775 rue Gosford
4e Étage
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 3B9
Telephone: (438) 826-6611
Email: philippe.elouardi@montreal.ca

Summary

Keywords

Civil procedure — Quarrelsome litigant — Applicant requiring permission of the Chief Justice to file proceedings at the Superior Court — Whether the Superior Court erred in dismissing an application for permission to file proceedings — Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the appeal — Whether the application for leave to appeal raises an issue of public importance.

Summary

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In August 2019, the applicant, Fang Hu, was declared a quarrelsome litigant by the Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec. The order prohibited Mr. Hu from making any application or taking any procedural steps concerning his former spouse or their children without the permission of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court.

In December 2022, Mr. Hu instituted proceedings against the respondent, Ville de Montréal (“City”), relating to a judgment rendered in February 2022 by the Municipal Court of Montréal, acquitting Mr. Hu of criminal harassment. The City filed an application for dismissal, for disqualification and for a declaration of abuse. A Superior Court judge held that the subject-matter of the December 2022 proceedings was caught by the quarrelsome litigant order, and ordered that Mr. Hu seek the permission of the Chief Justice to file the proceedings.

The Chief Justice of the Superior Court dismissed Mr. Hu’s application and retroactively refused him permission to file the proceedings that had been filed in December 2022. The Court of Appeal dismissed Mr. Hu’s appeal.

Lower court rulings

May 23, 2023
Superior Court of Quebec

500-17-123230-222

Application for permission to file proceedings dismissed.

September 26, 2023
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)

500-09-030574-230

Appeal dismissed.

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-02-27