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Immigration law 2026 FC 567

A.F.M.B. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed the respondent’s motion to reconsider a mandamus judgment for the purpose of certifying a question of general importance.

  • Mandamus
  • Certified question
  • Public policy s.25.2 irpa
  • Mootness
  • Futility
  • Certified-question
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Property law 2026 ONCA 296

Hussein v. Qazi

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal as moot on the vesting order, upheld the compensation award, denied leave to appeal costs, and awarded no costs.

  • Vesting order
  • Partition act
  • Courts of justice act s.100
  • Mootness
  • Appealability
  • Costs
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Immigration law 2026 FC 539

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a work permit refusal, finding the officer reasonably concluded the applicant had not shown the LMIA language requirement was met.

  • Lmia
  • Language proficiency requirement
  • Work permit refusal
  • Mootness
  • Standard of review
  • Judicial-review
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Constitutional law 2026 FCA 78

Mackinnon v. Canada (Attorney General)

The appeal was moot because the specific dispute (prorogation of the 44th Parliament) had been extinguished by dissolution and a new Parliament, but the Court exercised its discretion to hear the appeal on the merits because an adversarial context remained, the issues are of significant public importance and evasive of review, and adjudication falls within the proper judicial function.

  • Prorogation
  • Prerogative powers
  • Justiciability
  • Judicial review
  • Mootness
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Administrative law 2026 FC 513

Durojaye v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court granted judicial review, set aside the CBSA deferral refusal, and declined to remit the matter, finding the decision unreasonable.

  • Judicial review
  • Deferral of removal
  • Humanitarian and compassionate applications
  • Reasonableness review
  • Mootness
  • Stay of removal
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Tax 2026 TCC 62

Brass Collar Capital Corp. v. The King

The Tax Court struck moot portions of Brass Collar’s appeal and parts of an affidavit, holding there was no live tax controversy and no basis to continue.

  • Income tax act
  • Income tax regulations s.306
  • Tax court jurisdiction
  • Mootness doctrine
  • Motion to strike pleadings
  • Affidavit admissibility
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Immigration law 2026 FC 452

Haile v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review, finding the IAD’s jurisdictional reasons unreasonable and remitting the matter for redetermination. No question was certified.

  • Family class sponsorship
  • Public policy exemption (s.25.2 irpa)
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Jurisdiction of the immigration appeal division
  • Paragraph 117(9)(d) irpr
  • Certification of question
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Administrative law 2026 ONCA 249

R (H.C.) v. Ontario Special Education Tribunal

The Court of Appeal dismissed a motion for reconsideration as moot after the Divisional Court granted anonymization and a publication ban.

  • Mootness
  • Publication ban
  • Anonymization
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Judicial review
  • Recusal
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Administrative law 2026 FC 415

Cook v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court struck a judicial review application as premature because the applicant still had an available grievance process to exhaust.

  • Prematurity
  • Mootness
  • Abuse of process
  • Exhaustion of remedies
  • Judicial review
  • Grievance procedures
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Criminal law 2026 CMAC 3

R. v. Jacques

The Court Martial Appeal Court dismissed both the Crown’s appeal and the respondent’s cross-appeal, upholding a stay for unreasonable delay under section 11(b).

  • Delay and unreasonable trial length
  • Section 11(b) charter
  • Jordan framework
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Panel selection and tribunal independence
  • Mootness
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