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Immigration law 2025 FC 1672

Fahmy v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a cessation decision, holding that the RPD reasonably found the applicant voluntarily and intentionally reavailed herself of Egypt’s protection.

  • Cessation of refugee protection
  • Reavailment
  • Reasonableness review
  • Diplomatic protection
  • Passports
  • Compelling reasons for travel
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Immigration and refugee law 2025 FC 668

Ahmad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a refugee cessation decision, upholding findings that the applicant voluntarily returned to Pakistan, intended reavailment, and actually reavailed by using Pakistani passports.

  • Cessation of refugee protection
  • Reavailment
  • Passport use and diplomatic protection
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Refugee-cessation
  • Passports
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1130

Techere v. Techere

Family law judgment on parenting, child support, s. 7 expenses, property reimbursement, and a Romanian apartment’s status as excluded property.

  • Parenting time
  • Guardianship and decision-making
  • Child support and arrears
  • Section 7 extraordinary expenses
  • Excluded property and increase in value
  • Property expense reimbursement
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1804

F.C.S. v. C.E.S.

Supplementary reasons on interim family-law travel issues: blanket travel authority was dismissed, but a specific Hawaii trip was allowed with conditions.

  • Travel with children
  • Passports
  • Supervised parenting
  • Compensatory parenting time
  • Interim orders
  • Costs
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Family law 2020 BCSC 627

L.C.C. v. C.B.C.

The court adjourned a child support and section 7 expense variation because the financial evidence was incomplete, while declining a declaration sought for CRA purposes.

  • Variation of support
  • Shared parenting (s.9 guidelines)
  • Section 7 expenses
  • Contino analysis
  • Conduct orders
  • Passports
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Family law 2019 BCSC 2057

Mangat v. Mangat

The court found the children were habitually resident in Uganda, ordered their return from British Columbia, and directed the claimant to cover travel and temporary expenses.

  • Habitual residence
  • Wrongful retention
  • Jurisdiction (s.74 fla)
  • Return order (s.77 fla)
  • Payment of expenses
  • Support
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Family law 2016 BCSC 2162

Kuefler v. Kuefler

The court denied sole parental responsibility but allowed passport applications and North American travel with notice, and ordered consultation under s. 41 of the Family Law Act.

  • Parental responsibility and guardianship presumption
  • Consultation under s.41 family law act
  • Child travel and passports
  • Court orders and costs
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Child-travel
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Family law 2015 NSSC 252

Lethbridge v. Lythgoe

The Court concluded the Respondent was largely successful, dismissed the applicant's retroactive child support claim, ordered the parties to consult and seek consensus on major decisions using a second opinion or dispute-resolution if necessary, denied enhancement of costs related to independent employment investigations, and awarded the Respondent $7,000 in costs plus disbursements.

  • Parenting arrangements
  • Decision-making authority
  • Christmas schedule
  • Passports
  • Retroactive child support
  • Interim mobility application
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Family law 2015 ONCA 288

Baiu v. Baiu

The Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s factual findings and her conclusion that the shareholder loan constituted property under s.4(1) of the Family Law Act and was properly valued at 50% after considering repayment contingencies; however, the Court set aside paragraph 30 because making a nominal $1 per year spousal support order without a request was unnecessary under Tierney-Hynes.

  • Custody
  • Parenting time
  • Passports
  • Spousal support
  • Equalization of property
  • Shareholder loan valuation
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Immigration law 2014 FC 977

Haddad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed a citizenship appeal, holding that the applicant had not shown sufficient physical presence in Canada to meet the residency requirement.

  • Residency requirement
  • Physical presence test
  • Standard of review
  • Evidence and burden of proof
  • Probative value of passports
  • Citizenship
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