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Employment law 2025 BCSC 1996

Hajdu v. Triple Hair Group Inc.

The Court held the employment relationship continued after a 2022 pay reduction, awarded eight months’ reasonable notice, and granted part of the wage and vacation claims.

  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Reasonable notice
  • Mitigation
  • Employee v. contractor status
  • Accrued vacation pay
  • Summary trial suitability
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Administrative law 2025 FCA 130

Moreau v. Canada (Office of the Commissionner of Official Languages)

The appeal was quashed because the Commissioner had no legal duty under the OLA or Federal Courts Rules to sign and return the French acknowledgement card, the Federal Court correctly concluded the Commissioner acknowledged receipt by bilingual email and offered to correspond in the appellant's preferred language, the Part III, V and VII allegations lacked a reasonable prospect of success or adequate factual pleading, and the appellant's affidavit was inadmissible on a motion to strike.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Service of process
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Motions to strike
  • Admissibility of affidavit
  • Costs
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Immigration law 2024 FC 1348

Meer v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a spousal sponsorship refusal, finding the officer reasonably relied on credibility concerns, interview inconsistencies, and text messages.

  • Spousal sponsorship
  • Genuineness of marriage
  • Credibility assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standing
  • Admissibility of affidavit
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Immigration law 2024 FC 1289

Janaghaei v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of a study permit refusal, finding the officer’s reasons on custodianship, study plan, transcripts, and finances were reasonable.

  • Study permits
  • Reasonableness review
  • Custodianship declaration
  • Assessment of funds
  • Study plan adequacy
  • Admissibility of affidavit
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Administrative law 2024 FC 814

Severinov v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a Privacy Act application as moot after finding the RCMP had already provided the requested disclosure.

  • Privacy act s41 review
  • Mootness doctrine
  • Disclosure timeliness
  • Admissibility of affidavit
  • Costs
  • Privacy-act-review
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Family law 2024 BCSC 849

B.S.W. v. W.F.W.

The court admitted the claimant’s affidavit and mostly allowed retroactive child-related expense claims, including private school, childcare, counselling, and orthodontic costs.

  • Section 7 expenses
  • Extraordinary expenses
  • Private school tuition
  • Retroactive child support
  • Admissibility of affidavit
  • Allocation of expenses
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Administrative law 2024 FC 657

Richard v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review allowed. The Federal Court held that the CTSSP date-of-birth cutoff ending December 21, 1967 was unreasonable and set it aside.

  • Reasonableness review
  • Justiciability
  • Royal prerogative and orders in council
  • Eligibility criteria for compensation program
  • Cabinet confidences (s.39 canada evidence act)
  • Admissibility of affidavit
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Civil procedure 2023 ONCA 579

Fabrikant v. Kelly

The Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal under r.2.1.01: the claim was frivolous and vexatious, filed in the wrong jurisdiction, disclosed no cause of action and could not be cured by amendment; the motion judge properly refused affidavit evidence in the summary r.2.1.01 process and her discretionary decision was not clearly wrong or a misdirection.

  • Rule 2.1.01
  • Frivolous and vexatious proceedings
  • Summary dismissal
  • Admissibility of affidavit
  • Cause of action
  • Forum jurisdiction
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Immigration law 2022 FC 522

Nik v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a RAD refugee decision, upholding adverse credibility findings, rejecting procedural fairness and counsel incompetence arguments, and declining certification.

  • Credibility findings
  • Corroborative evidence
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Counsel competence
  • Certification of question
  • Admissibility of affidavit
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Immigration law 2021 FC 173

Carter v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review, finding the migration officer’s refusal unreasonable for lack of transparency and justification and remitting the matter.

  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Remittal
  • Admissibility of affidavit
  • Particular social group
  • Durable solution
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