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Immigration law 2026 FC 410

Samuel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a RAD decision upholding refusal of a refugee claim, finding the DNA report inadmissible under s. 110(4) IRPA and the identity and credibility findings reasonable.

  • Identity
  • Credibility
  • Admissibility of new evidence (s.110(4) irpa)
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Refugee-law
  • Immigration-law
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Immigration 2026 FC 310

Abubakar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an RPD decision that found the applicant had not proved his identity as a Ghanaian, holding the decision was reasonable under Vavilov.

  • Identity
  • Document authentication
  • Credibility
  • Standard of review
  • Refusal of refugee claim
  • Document-authentication
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Criminal law 2026 ONCA 58

R. v. Campbell

The Court of Appeal upheld convictions for dangerous driving and fentanyl offences, finding the trial judge reasonably identified the appellant as the BMW driver from the cumulative circumstantial evidence.

  • Dangerous driving
  • Flight from police
  • Possession of fentanyl
  • Possession for the purpose of trafficking
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Identity
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Immigration law 2026 FC 85

Siyad v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review applications challenging Refugee Protection Division vacation decisions that nullified the applicants’ Convention Refugee status under s. 109 IRPA.

  • Vacation of refugee protection
  • Misrepresentation
  • Identity
  • Section 109 irpa
  • Judicial review
  • Standard of review
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Immigration law 2025 FC 1794

Duale v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a RAD decision, finding procedural unfairness in reply timing and an unreasonable refusal to hold an oral hearing.

  • Identity
  • Credibility
  • Right of reply
  • Oral hearing discretion under s.110(6) irpa
  • Abuse of process
  • Remedy - remittal
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Immigration law 2025 CF 1724

Akimana c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration)

La Cour fédérale rejette le contrôle judiciaire d’une décision de la SAR ayant conclu que l’identité de la demanderesse n’était pas établie de façon crédible.

  • Identity
  • Credibility
  • Documentary evidence
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Gender‑based considerations
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law 2025 ONCA 626

R. v. Hernandez-Viera

The trial judge did not err: he reasonably treated security camera timestamps as approximate measures supported by consistent timestamps across two cameras and by conceded accurate GPS data; taken with the surrounding circumstantial evidence (rental initials, DNA on water bottle, vehicle route and timing), the only reasonable inference was that the appellant was the shooter and the conviction was not unreasonable.

  • Identity
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Electronic evidence
  • Timestamp accuracy
  • Photographic identification
  • Gps evidence
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 1914

R. v. Angus

The court acquitted Doyle Angus of sexual assault after finding it could not prove identity beyond a reasonable doubt.

  • Identity
  • Credibility
  • Reasonable doubt
  • W.(d.) test
  • Dna evidence
  • Publication ban
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Immigration 2025 FC 1118

Yesuf v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed an application for judicial review of a RAD decision that found the applicant failed to prove Eritrean identity and upheld Ethiopian citizenship.

  • Identity
  • Nationality
  • Standard of review
  • Credibility
  • Procedural fairness
  • Documentary evidence
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 1645

R. v. F.Y.B.

The court admitted limited evidence of an alleged 2017 robbery as discreditable conduct, finding it relevant to identity, motive, credibility, and narrative.

  • Discreditable conduct
  • Propensity/similar fact evidence
  • Admissibility
  • Identification
  • Motive
  • Narrative evidence
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