What due care and attention means in Ontario
"Without due care and attention" means driving below the level of care that an ordinary careful driver would have shown in the same conditions. It ...
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Provincial offences summons in Ontario
A summons under Ontario's Provincial Offences Act is a court document that names a charge and requires the person to attend court at a stated ...
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Summary offence in Canada: what it means
A summary offence is a criminal offence prosecuted under the shorter procedure in Part XXVII of the Criminal Code. The trial is held before a ...
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Police Record Check Levels in Ontario
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First Criminal Court Appearance in Ontario
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When the Record Suspension Waiting Period Starts
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Criminality & Misrepresentation Appeals at the IAD
As counsel, I have appeared before the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) in a number of appeals involving removal orders arising from criminality. What factors are ...
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Deemed Rehabilitation vs Criminal Rehabilitation
Both routes do the same work — they stop a criminal record from outside Canada being a ground of inadmissibility — but only one of ...
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Criminal Inadmissibility: How Equivalency Works
Equivalency is the comparison a Canadian decision-maker makes when the offence happened somewhere else: the foreign offence is measured against Canadian law to work out ...
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The Canadian Justice and Immigration Systems
Some of my colleagues who exclusively practice immigration law don’t have a clue who the parties are in other legal proceedings and how the system ...
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The Canadian Courts, Judges, Lawyers and Immigration Hearings
In order to understand how legal system works in Canada, one has to familirize themselves with Canadian courts structure. Some of my colleagues who exclusively ...
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Judges and Adjudicators
Judges and Adjudicators Everyone knows that judges are the people who decide cases in court, but what that actually looks like can vary greatly depending ...
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Role of Counsel in Legal Proceedings
The role of counsel in legal proceedings is important if a litigant or immigration appellant wants to present their case the best way possible. When ...
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Evidence in legal practice
Evidence in legal practice is a necessary tool to prove your case. In any legal proceeding, whether it’s an immigration application, an administrative tribunal, or ...
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Criminal Inadmissibility and Canadian Immigration
If a permanent resident (not a Canadian citizen!) commits a criminal offence, they jeopardize their immigration status and can be removed from Canada upon the ...
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Winning Submissions for Pre-Removal Risk Assessment Cases
Under Canadian law, any foreign national, whether they are unsuccessful refugee claimants or visitors, have rights their situation be assessed for risk to life, if ...
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Immigration Appeal – Quick Glance
A quick glance at the Immigration Appeal Division. Canadian Immigration Appeal Division is not a formal court where one has to strictly follow procedure ...
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Obtaining a Pardon (Record Suspension) and Waiver
Sometimes, Canadian citizens and permanent residents in Canada underestimate the importance of their criminal record being formally removed from the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) ...
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Criminal History and Applying for Canadian Citizenship
I have been asked many times how criminality affects applying for a Canadian citizenship. The public is puzzled on what to do, if one had ...
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