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Immigration law 2026 FC 167

Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Sharif

The Federal Court granted judicial review of an immigration detention release order and partly of a production order, returning both matters to the Immigration Division.

  • Production orders
  • Detention review
  • Single journey documents (sjd)
  • Nexus to immigration purpose
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Stay orders
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Immigration law 2025 FC 605

Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. CM

The Federal Court granted judicial review of an Immigration Division release order, finding the reasons unreasonable for failing to address key risk evidence and for imposing conditions not in place.

  • Detention review
  • Release conditions
  • Organized criminality
  • Reasonableness review
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Mootness
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Immigration law 2024 FC 1980

Hemond v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court set aside two detention review decisions, holding that detainees in IRPA detention reviews are protected by a principle of non-compellability under section 7 of the Charter.

  • Detention review
  • Compellability of witnesses
  • Section 7 charter (principles of fundamental justice)
  • Non-compellability
  • Judicial review
  • Mootness
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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 2638

R. v. Houle

Detention review under s. 525 of the Criminal Code. The Court upheld Mr. Houle’s continued detention on the secondary ground and directed efforts to seek an earlier trial date.

  • Detention review
  • Secondary ground for detention (public safety)
  • Electronic monitoring
  • Flight from police
  • Dangerous driving
  • Possession of stolen property
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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 1839

R. v. White

Detention review under s. 525 of the Criminal Code. The court held the reverse-onus accused had shown a strict New Vision release plan could manage attendance and safety risks.

  • Detention review
  • Reverse onus
  • Recognizance
  • Electronic monitoring
  • Release conditions
  • Public safety
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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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Immigration law 2024 FC 279

Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Abdi

The Federal Court dismissed the Minister’s motion to stay Abdi’s release from detention, finding no serious issue, irreparable harm, or balance of convenience.

  • Removal
  • Detention review
  • Nexus to immigration purpose
  • Travel documents
  • Conditional release
  • Electronic monitoring
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Immigration law 2023 FC 1432

Hemond v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted CARL leave to intervene in a moot judicial review about a detention review compellability issue, finding the intervention useful and in the interests of justice.

  • Intervention
  • Mootness
  • Judicial review
  • Detention review
  • Compellable witness
  • Leave to intervene
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Extradition law 2023 BCSC 1931

United States v. Sari

In this extradition abuse-of-process application, the Court found the CBSA acted on genuine border-security concerns, but held that Mr. Sari’s consular rights under Article 36 were infringed.

  • Abuse of process
  • Charter ss.7 and 24
  • Vienna convention consular notification (art.36)
  • Detention review
  • Counter-proliferation lookouts
  • Information sharing
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Criminal law 2023 BCSC 1949

R. v. Jury

At a s. 525 detention review, the court ordered Travis John Jury to remain in custody, finding he posed risks to public safety, witnesses, and the administration of justice.

  • Judicial interim release
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Secondary and tertiary grounds for detention
  • Witness intimidation
  • Bail conditions
  • Detention review
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