Seminar ID

IBC-2021-02-24

Date and time

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 18:00 PDT see it in calendar

Attendance

• recording

Languages

• in English

CPD hours

Venue

Webinar
Capacity: 150

Description

Discretionary Decision Making under IRPA

What is it, where are we now, and how did we get to where we are today

•  Discretionary decision making in Immigration and Citizenship
   o What is it
   o Where do you find it

•  Rules and Principles that govern discretionary decision making
   o Natural Justice/Administrative Law – what does it mean
   o Who is held accountable under administrative law

•  How the Federal Court work

•  Principles of Natural Justice
   o Notice
   o Disclosure
   o Opportunity to Present one’s case
   o Opportunity to respond
   o Duty to consider all the evidence
   o Right to counsel
   o Right to an interpreter
   o Legitimate Expectations
   o Right to an impartial decision maker and freedom from bias
   o Institutional independence/he who hears decides
   o Delay
   o Right to reasons

•  How did we get to the current application of the above noted principles (a history of some landmark cases).

•  Grounds for Review

•  Standard of Review. Is it the same for everything?

•  Procedural Fairness letters.

•  Judicial Remedies

•  Recent and Current cases at the Federal Court to watch out for.