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Administrative law 2022 FC 472

Kilgour v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review seeking a presumption against Xinjiang imports. It found the CBSA email was not reviewable, the applicants lacked standing, and the interpretation was reasonable.

  • Forced labour
  • Tariff classification
  • Standing
  • Justiciability
  • Interpretive aids (international law)
  • Judicial-review
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Tort law 2020 BCSC 294

Araya v. Nevsun Resources Inc.

The court dismissed the plaintiffs’ bellwether-trial proposal with a stay and ordered the related actions tried together in a common trial.

  • Forced labour
  • Complicity/accomplice liability
  • Parent company liability
  • Bellwether/test case procedure
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Discovery
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Public international law 2020 SCC 5

Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the act of state doctrine is not part of Canadian common law and allowed customary international law claims to proceed.

  • Customary international law
  • Jus cogens (peremptory norms)
  • Forced labour
  • Slavery
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Crimes against humanity
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Immigration 2016 FC 178

Sary v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of the RAD’s refusal of refugee protection to Mr. Sary, finding the credibility assessment reasonable and no procedural fairness breach.

  • Credibility assessment
  • Standard of review
  • Judicial review
  • Refugee appeal division (rad)
  • Forced labour
  • Evidence assessment
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Immigration law 2004 FC 1379

Rasiah v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an RPD refugee decision, finding errors in credibility assessment, failure to consider extortion as persecution, and speculative findings.

  • Credibility findings
  • Convention refugee status
  • Persecution
  • Extortion
  • Forced labour
  • Judicial review
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