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Immigration law 2025 FC 1339

Arman Moghadam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted mandamus after a 52-month delay in processing a family permanent residence application, ordering IRCC to act within 90 days.

  • Unreasonable delay
  • Security screening
  • Sponsorship completeness
  • Mandamus remedy
  • Processing timelines
  • Mandamus
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Administrative law 2021 FC 22

Canada (Attorney General) v. Sharafaldin

Federal Court applied the Ribic test to a Canada Evidence Act s. 38 application, allowing limited disclosure and confirming the remaining non-disclosure.

  • Non-disclosure of sensitive information
  • Cea s.38 procedure
  • Mandamus remedy
  • Relevance and public interest balancing (ribic test)
  • Canada-evidence-act
  • Non-disclosure-of-sensitive-information
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Administrative law 2020 BCSC 1642

English v. Richmond (City)

Judicial review of a building permit refusal for a soil-based cannabis greenhouse on ALR land. The court found the City’s interpretation of the regulation unreasonable and ordered mandamus.

  • Judicial review of building permit refusal
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Agricultural land reserve regulation and conflict with municipal bylaws
  • Cannabis cultivation zoning
  • Mandamus remedy
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law 2018 FC 710

Doshi v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court allowed Dr. Doshi’s judicial review, finding Health Canada unreasonably imposed a confidentiality requirement for clinical trial data under Vanessa’s Law.

  • Clinical trial transparency
  • Confidential business information
  • Vanessa's law (protecting canadians from unsafe drugs act)
  • Freedom of expression (charter s.2(b))
  • Delegation of regulatory power
  • Mandamus remedy
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Immigration law 2012 FC 1488

Khan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Mandamus was denied in a citizenship judicial review because the applicant had not shown compliance with the residency obligation or a clear right to relief.

  • Residency obligation under irpa s28
  • Mandamus remedy
  • Procedural delay
  • Loss of permanent resident status
  • Examination/interview under irpa s28(2)
  • Mandamus
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Administrative law 2002 FCA 46

Whitton v. Canada (Attorney General)

Where the alleged misconduct concerns receipts payable to a third party (the deceased mother) and not benefits established for the appellant, the Old Age Security Act provisions relied upon (s.9(5), s.37 and regs.26-27) do not authorize suspension of an otherwise eligible pensioner’s benefits or recovery by set‑off against his lawful pension; further, the Department’s investigative process denied procedural fairness; therefore mandamus was appropriate to order immediate reinstatement and repayment with interest.

  • Suspension of benefits
  • Set-off and recovery of overpayments
  • Mandamus remedy
  • Procedural fairness/right to be heard
  • Statutory interpretation
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Criminal law 2000 BCCA 341

Martin v. Director, Adult Forensic Psychiatric Services

The Court of Appeal held that a delayed Review Board hearing did not automatically end jurisdiction, and dismissed Joey Martin’s appeal.

  • Review board jurisdiction
  • Statutory time limits
  • Quorum and panel constitution
  • Mandamus remedy
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Review-board-jurisdiction
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