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Administrative law 2026 FC 420

Hughes v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a Rule 51 appeal challenging a CRA nil assessment, holding the matter fell outside Federal Court jurisdiction and within the Tax Court's domain.

  • Nil assessment
  • Jurisdiction
  • Tax court exclusivity
  • Assessment review
  • Costs
  • Nil-assessment
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Tax law 2026 FC 20

Isla v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a mandamus application seeking to compel CRA assessment of a purported second 2023 return, holding there was no legal duty to assess it.

  • Mandamus
  • Assessment of income tax returns
  • Due dispatch under s.152(1) income tax act
  • Consumer proposal vs bankruptcy
  • T1 adjustment requests
  • Cra-assessment
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Administrative law 2025 FC 1925

Pan v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court granted judicial review, holding the CRA’s reasons failed to explain why $1,000 remained owing after the applicant says she repaid the CRB amount.

  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Reconsideration
  • Set-off of benefits
  • Canada recovery benefits act
  • Income tax act
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Administrative law 2025 FC 1781

Mehedi v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed Md. Golam Sarwar Mehedi’s Rule 51 motion to appeal a status-review dismissal, finding no reviewable error and awarding $500 costs.

  • Status review
  • Dismissal for delay
  • Palpable and overriding error standard
  • Costs and abuse of process
  • Status-review
  • Dismissal-for-delay
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Tax law 2025 FC 1525

Luo v. Canada (National Revenue)

The Federal Court struck three tax judicial review applications challenging CRA audit correspondence, finding no reviewable decision and no basis to amend.

  • Audit powers
  • Demands for information (s.231.1)
  • Judicial review jurisdiction (s.18.1 federal courts act)
  • Standing and justiciability
  • Leave to amend
  • Costs
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Administrative law 2025 FC 1401

Moreau v. Ottawa International Airport Authority

The Federal Court struck a section 77 Official Languages Act application challenging airport signage order, holding the pleadings admitted compliance and disclosed no viable claim.

  • Motion to strike
  • Justiciability
  • Interpretation of the official languages act
  • Remedies under the ola and charter
  • Application of treasury board policies
  • Costs
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Administrative law 2025 FC 1329

Key v. Cote

La Cour fédérale a accueilli en partie la demande: elle a annulé les BCR des groupes 1 et 2, rejeté une motion fondée sur la règle 312 et ordonné une rémunération rétroactive.

  • Judicial review
  • Band council resolutions
  • Procedural fairness
  • Quorum
  • First nations elections act
  • Indian band council procedure regulations
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Administrative law 2025 FC 1214

Owusu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted mandamus, finding the Minister’s unexplained two-year inaction on a spousal sponsorship file was unreasonable and unjustified.

  • Mandamus
  • Unreasonable delay
  • Sponsorship application
  • Procedural fairness
  • Security screening
  • Unreasonable-delay
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Immigration law 2025 FC 905

Goyal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a work-permit refusal, holding the officer’s decision reasonable and finding no breach of procedural fairness.

  • Work permit (open)
  • Post‑graduation work permit (pgwp) public policy
  • Reconsideration
  • Reasonableness review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Open-work-permit
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Immigration law 2025 FC 352

Durkin v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a refusal to defer removal, finding the officer reasonably relied on the narrow scope of s. 48 IRPA and the temporary nature of deferral.

  • Deferral of removal under s.48 irpa
  • Ministerial relief s.42.1 irpa
  • Enforceable removal orders
  • Standard of review — reasonableness
  • Judicial review of administrative decision
  • Deferral-of-removal
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