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The Federal Court struck a self-represented plaintiff’s claim about an LAC hiring process, holding the dispute belonged under the PSEA and the pleading lacked material facts.
Federal Court allowed judicial review of a RAD refugee decision, finding the RAD unreasonably omitted key corroborating evidence and failed to reconcile its credibility findings.
The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer misapprehended key evidence, including the TRP purpose, medical evidence, and the child’s interests.
The Court held that while a timely order under s.530 is a necessary precondition for a s.638(1)(f) challenge, it does not afford an automatic right to challenge every prospective juror for cause; claimants must satisfy the ordinary 'air of reality' evidentiary threshold to proceed with challenges under s.638(1)(f); absent such a showing the challenges may be dismissed to prevent abuse and delay. Accordingly the appeals were dismissed and the convictions affirmed.
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The Supreme Court held that a Tax Court judge violated official-language rights by pressuring witnesses and counsel to proceed in English and affirmed a new hearing.
The RAD accepted the application to re-open because the RPD did not provide the appellant with the reasons in the official language of his choice until after the appeal was dismissed for lack of perfection, which amounted to a failure to observe a principle of natural justice; the appellant must be given time to consider those reasons and consult counsel, therefore the re-opening is warranted and the appellant is granted 30 days to perfect the appeal.
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The Federal Court held that CBC/Radio-Canada is subject to Part VII of the Official Languages Act, but kept a permanent stay in place after the CRTC dealt with the programming dispute.
Federal Court allowed judicial review of a CRA staffing decision, finding the reviewer's conclusion unreasonable because the scoring key lacked transparency and allowed arbitrariness.
Judicial review application dismissed where delayed English translation of French officer’s notes caused no prejudice and no Charter breach was found.
Judicial review of a refugee determination was dismissed. The Court upheld the Member’s credibility findings, found no ignored material evidence, and held any translation errors were not material.
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