Quebec’s ex-lieutenant-governor claims royal privilege

In a legal case that will test elements of the Crown’s status in Canada, the Queen’s former representative in Quebec is invoking sovereign privilege to avoid going to trial on fraud charges.

The lawyer for Lise Thibault, Quebec’s former lieutenant-governor, will argue that his client benefits from a sovereign immunity that should stop the Crown’s criminal case from going further. The rare legal argument will be heard later this summer.

Lawyer Marc Labelle says his argument will centre on a little-used common-law statute that states that “the Queen can do no wrong” – in other words, that the Crown’s prosecution cannot prosecute the Crown.

[More]

VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: 5.5/10 (2 votes cast)
VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: +1 (from 1 vote)
Quebec's ex-lieutenant-governor claims royal privilege, 5.5 out of 10 based on 2 ratings
This entry was posted in Featured and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink.

One Response to Quebec’s ex-lieutenant-governor claims royal privilege

  1. CRB says:

    From the Top to the bottom the demands continue!!! My God when are we going to cut these freelaoding b@$t@rd$ loose so that they can look after themselves>?
    Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee is all I hear from these creeps.

    VA:F [1.9.22_1171]
    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
    VA:F [1.9.22_1171]
    Rating: +1 (from 1 vote)

Comments are closed.