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Criminal law 2026 ONCA 330

R. v. Gomez

The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a 6-year sentence for dangerous driving causing death and a concurrent 4-year sentence for bodily harm, with a 16-year driving ban.

  • Dangerous driving
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigating and aggravating factors
  • Psychological report
  • Driving prohibition
  • Dangerous-driving
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Immigration law 2026 FC 609

XY v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court found the RAD unreasonably upheld an internal flight alternative finding for a Mexican refugee claim and sent the matter back for redetermination.

  • Internal flight alternative
  • Reasonableness review
  • Refoulement
  • Evidence evaluation
  • Internal-flight-alternative
  • Reasonableness-review
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Criminal law 2026 ONCA 324

R. v. Aubin

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed Brandon Aubin’s appeal, finding no prejudice from trial counsel’s failure to retain an expert on fire origin.

  • Ineffective assistance of counsel
  • Prejudice standard
  • Expert evidence admissibility
  • Causation in arson
  • Legal aid funding
  • Appeal procedure
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Immigration law 2026 FC 608

Ghasedi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer reasonably assessed medical evidence, BIOC, and alternate ways to remain in Canada.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate (h&c) applications
  • Best interests of the child (bioc)
  • Reasonableness review
  • Immigration and refugee protection act s.25
  • Establishment in canada
  • Country conditions
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Income tax act 2026 TCC 72

Mohamed v. The King

The Tax Court dismissed an appeal for Canada Child Benefit eligibility, holding the appellant was not a protected person under IRPA and rejecting a Charter challenge.

  • Canada child benefit eligibility
  • Protected person definition
  • Serious criminality exclusion
  • Section 15 equality analysis
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Pre-removal risk assessment
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Criminal law 2026 BCCA 206

R. v. F.J.J.

Although the appellant's grounds surpass the 'not frivolous' threshold and warrant consideration of reviewability, enforceability outweighs reviewability because the offence was very serious, the sentence was substantial (4.5 years), there are residual safety concerns from the appellant's history of violence against intimate female partners, and the proposed interprovincial release plan with an out-of‑province surety did not provide sufficient confidence in enforceability and supervision; accordingly, a reasonable member of the public would lose confidence if the appellant were released and t…

  • Bail pending appeal
  • Public interest criterion
  • Enforceability vs reviewability
  • Sexual interference
  • Motive to fabricate
  • Credibility assessment
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Civil procedure 2026 FCA 86

Wang v. Canada

The motions judge correctly concluded, after a holistic review, that the statement of claim was incoherent, lacked material facts and any reasonable cause of action, and that no amendment could cure its radical deficiencies; the discretionary decision to strike without leave to amend was not shown to be erroneous and the appeal is dismissed.

  • Motions to strike
  • Federal courts rules rule 221
  • Frivolous and vexatious pleadings
  • Leave to amend
  • Police misconduct
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Administrative law 2026 ONCA 321

Dorceus v. Ontario

Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed a broad challenge by healthcare workers to COVID-19 vaccination policies, striking the claim as an abuse of process and for no reasonable cause of action.

  • Abuse of process
  • Motion to strike
  • Judicial notice
  • Charter applicability
  • Labour arbitration jurisdiction
  • Statutory exhaustion (hospital privileges)
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Administrative law 2026 FC 605

Ahmed v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of a CRA staffing recourse decision, finding the Individual Feedback process fair and the ineligibility ruling reasonable.

  • Individual feedback (if)
  • Staffing recourse
  • Procedures for recourse on staffing
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Procedural fairness
  • Bias/reasonable apprehension of bias
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Criminal 2026 ONCA 320

R. v. Oguntoyinbo

On sentence appeal, the Court of Appeal reduced Deborah Oguntoyinbo’s global sentence, vacated the sentence on a withdrawn count, and adjusted restitution orders.

  • Sentencing principles
  • Totality
  • Bertrand marchand analysis
  • Restitution orders
  • Victim surcharge
  • Presentence custody credit
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