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Immigration law 2024 FC 1556

Lopez Alvarez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court granted judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer unreasonably assessed rehabilitation and the best interests of the applicant’s children.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate discretion
  • Best interests of the child
  • Rehabilitation and criminal inadmissibility
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-discretion
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Immigration law 2021 FC 1274

RH v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship)

The Federal Court granted judicial review and remitted the ARC refusal for redetermination, but declined to declare that the applicant no longer needs an ARC.

  • Authorization to return to canada (arc)
  • Inadmissibility
  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Removal/deportation
  • Declaratory relief
  • Remedies and redetermination
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Constitutional law 2020 FC 393

P.H. v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court held that retrospective record-suspension amendments infringed Charter ss. 11(h) and 11(i), were not justified under s. 1, and were invalid.

  • Charter section 11(h)
  • Charter section 11(i)
  • Retrospective legislation
  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Parole board of canada
  • Judicial comity
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Administrative law 2017 FC 1127

E.S. v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of the Commission’s dismissal of an RCMP hiring discrimination complaint, finding the reasons lacked transparency and justification.

  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness review
  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Employment discrimination
  • Procedural fairness
  • Confidentiality and anonymity
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Administrative law 2017 FC 190

Thanabalasingham v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court quashed the Parole Board’s refusal of a record suspension, finding its static approach to the good-conduct period under the CRA was unreasonable.

  • Judicial review
  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Parole board discretion
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Statutory interpretation of cra s.4 and s.4.1
  • Good conduct assessment period
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Immigration law 2016 FC 500

Lilala v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

Federal Court upheld an officer’s refusal to defer removal. The Court found the decision reasonable, including the handling of the travel advisory, TSR, and record suspension issues.

  • Deferral of removal
  • Temporary stay of removals (tsr)
  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Pre-removal risk assessment (prra)
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Inadmissibility - serious criminality
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Administrative law 2016 FC 87

Spring v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review of a Parole Board refusal of a record suspension. The Federal Court held reasonableness applied, but quashed the decision for inadequate reasons.

  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Judicial review
  • Standard of review
  • Reasonableness
  • Administration of justice into disrepute
  • Parole board discretion
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Administrative law 2014 FC 375

Saini v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review of a Parole Board refusal of record suspension was dismissed; the Court held any procedural fairness error was cured and the good-conduct finding was reasonable.

  • Record suspension (pardon)
  • Parole board of canada procedure
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review
  • Good conduct assessment
  • Impaired driving
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