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Criminal law 2025 ONCA 881

R. v. Veerapen

Application for release pending appeal dismissed. The Court held the appeal was not frivolous, but the public interest in immediate detention outweighed release.

  • Prosecutorial discretion
  • Re-election to judge-alone trial
  • Jury instructions on propensity
  • Post-offence conduct
  • Public interest test
  • S.679(3) criminal code
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Immigration law 2025 FC 1834

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a work permit refusal, finding the officer reasonably relied on unexplained UAE traffic infractions and was not required to seek more information.

  • Work permit refusal
  • Reasonableness review (vavilov)
  • Assessment of foreign driving record
  • Assessment of ties and incentive to depart
  • Duty to request further information
  • Work-permit-refusal
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Immigration law 2025 FC 1627

McKenzie v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of CBSA’s refusal to defer the applicant’s removal, finding the TRP request untimely and the decision reasonable.

  • Deferral of removal
  • Temporary resident permit
  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Deferral-of-removal
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Criminal law 2025 ONCA 676

R. v. Shirizadeh

The Court of Appeal upheld an 18-year global sentence for serious firearm offences after finding no error in the sentencer’s weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors.

  • Discharge of firearm with intent to avoid arrest
  • Possession of firearm while prohibited
  • Possession of explosive substances
  • Dangerous driving
  • Consecutive sentencing
  • Totality principle
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Criminal law 2025 ONCA 431

R. v. Teggart

The Court concluded the application judge applied the correct, heightened "substantial likelihood" standard, properly considered and relied on the record evidence (persistent delusions, treatment-resistant schizophrenia, escalating symptoms and prior similar conduct), and reasonably reconciled expert opinion and statutory factors; therefore the HRA designation was not unreasonable and the appeal was dismissed.

  • Not criminally responsible (ncr)
  • High-risk accused designation
  • Risk assessment
  • Standard of review
  • Section 672.64 criminal code
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 142

R. v. Hasell

On a s. 525 detention review, the Supreme Court of British Columbia denied Michael Joseph Hasell judicial interim release, finding detention justified on secondary and tertiary grounds.

  • Section 525 review
  • Section 515(10) secondary and tertiary grounds
  • Judicial interim release
  • Electronic monitoring
  • Dangerous operation
  • Vehicular assault
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Immigration law 2024 FC 921

Oladipupo v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court granted a stay of removal for an applicant facing removal to Nigeria after recent suicide attempts and a disputed CBSA deferral refusal.

  • Stay of removal
  • Deferral of removal
  • Judicial review
  • Irreparable harm (suicide risk)
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
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Immigration 2024 FC 756

Torres Pena v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court dismissed a motion for a stay of removal, finding the applicants had not shown a strong case that the CBSA officer’s deferral refusal was unreasonable or that irreparable harm was established.

  • Stay of removal
  • Deferral of removal
  • Pre-removal risk assessment
  • Humanitarian and compassionate application
  • Credibility assessment
  • Standard of review
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Immigration law 2024 FC 693

Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Kaygisiz

The Federal Court dismissed the Minister’s judicial review as moot, declining to hear it despite arguments that the Immigration Division’s detention findings could affect future decisions.

  • Judicial review
  • Mootness
  • Detention review
  • Inadmissibility
  • Judicial-review
  • Immigration-detention
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Criminal law 2023 ONCA 649

R. v. A.S.

The application for bail pending appeal is dismissed because the applicant poses a substantial likelihood of reoffending based on a long-standing, premeditated pattern of sexual offending and concerning conduct while on bail (including pending allegations of impersonation), detention is necessary for public safety, and releasing him would undermine public confidence; the sole s.8 ground of appeal is not sufficiently strong to outweigh enforceability and public interest concerns, and the appeal can be expedited but does not justify interim release.

  • Voyeurism
  • Sentencing
  • Public confidence in administration of justice
  • Section 679(3)(c) criminal code
  • Section 8 charter (search and seizure)
  • Publication bans
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