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Administrative law 2026 FC 35

B.K.J.L. v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed this judicial review as moot after the applicant was later granted day parole again, finding no live controversy and no reason to hear it anyway.

  • Mootness
  • Judicial review
  • Parole revocation
  • Discretion to hear moot cases
  • Judicial-review
  • Parole-revocation
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Administrative law 2025 BCSC 1750

Mohsenipour v. Mountain Institution (Warden)

The court struck a habeas corpus application challenging a parole revocation, finding the CCRA appeal and Federal Court review process was adequate and the petition abusive.

  • Parole revocation
  • Peiroo exception
  • Abuse of process
  • Judicial review
  • Charter rights
  • Scope of habeas corpus
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Administrative law 2023 FCA 167

Fraser v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The appeal is dismissed: the Federal Court did not err in finding the withheld corrections and parole records contained personal information protected by the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act; the Parole Board is not an adjudicative tribunal engaging the open court principle for wholesale file disclosure; the institutions reasonably applied s.8(2)(m)(i) balancing and refused disclosure as privacy outweighed the public interest; no s.2(b) Charter breach was established.

  • Section 19 access to information act
  • Section 8(2)(m)(i) privacy act
  • Open court principle
  • Section 2(b) charter freedom of expression
  • Doré/loyola framework
  • Standard of review for s.41 aia appeals
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Administrative law 2021 FC 1217

Nielsen v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of a parole denial, finding the Board’s risk assessment reasonable and no procedural unfairness or Charter breach.

  • Parole eligibility
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Victim impact statements
  • Charter section 7 and covid-19
  • Parole
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Extradition law 2020 BCCA 203

United States of America v. Grenada

Application for judicial interim release in extradition proceedings adjourned generally until after the Parole Board hears the applicant’s parole application.

  • Judicial interim release
  • Committal and surrender orders
  • Ministerial reconsideration
  • Parole and conditional release
  • Jurisdiction to grant bail pending reconsideration
  • Public interest and surrender risk
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Criminal law 2019 FC 1193

Harris v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review of Parole Board scheduling dismissed; the Court found no section 7 breach and held the 90-day decision process was reasonable.

  • Statutory interpretation
  • Section 7 charter (liberty and principles of fundamental justice)
  • Parole board scheduling and procedure
  • Statutory release
  • Corrections and conditional release regulations
  • Section-7-charter
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Criminal law 2019 BCCA 305

R. v. Khun Khun

The British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld a delayed parole eligibility order, holding that pre-sentence custody credit is applied when fixing sentence, not when assessing s. 743.6(1).

  • Delayed parole eligibility order s.743.6(1)
  • Pre-sentence custody credit
  • Parity principle
  • Denunciation and deterrence
  • Application of r. v. summers and r. v. zinck
  • Delayed-parole-eligibility
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Criminal law 2018 FC 1065

St-Pierre v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of Parole Board conditions for a long-term offender, upholding a psychiatric treatment condition and finding no procedural fairness breach.

  • Long-term offender designation
  • Parole conditions
  • Psychiatric treatment condition
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review
  • Charter s.7 analysis
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Administrative law 2017 FC 1030

Barrett v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

Judicial review of a Parole Board day-parole refusal dismissed. The Court held the decision was reasonable, procedurally fair, and did not breach Charter rights.

  • Day parole denial
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness standard of review
  • Charter sections 7 and 11(d)
  • Use of non‑conviction allegations in administrative decisions
  • Risk assessment (sir)
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Administrative law 2017 FC 660

Ye v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court held that APR was a one-time process spent after denial of APR day parole, so later full parole reviews followed the regular parole criteria.

  • Parole board procedures
  • Accelerated parole review (apr)
  • Corrections and conditional release act interpretation
  • Standard of review
  • Charter s.11(h)
  • Accelerated-parole-review
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