Annotated by one of Canada's leading immigration and refugee law
practitioners, Butterworths Canadian Immigration Refugee Law Practice,
2009 edition provides the foundation needed for any immigration and refugee
practitioner or consultant - in one portable volume.
The fully updated
2009 edition expands on last year's edition with additional commentary and now
features over 450 carefully selected case digests. Both comprehensive and
concise, you'll want this at your side in hearings for quick reference.
The book's format was carefully designed for optimum user-friendliness:
- Expert Commentary: Written by immigration specialist
Lorne Waldman, it highlights the rapid changes in the information world today.
The commentary saves you valuable time by analyzing the legislation for
you.
- Thematically Organized Case Summaries: Each section of
the IRPA and key sections of the Regulations and Rules are followed by
carefully selected case summaries relevant to that particular section. These
concise summaries of case law make it easy for you to identify the cases you
need.
- Citations: Each case summary includes both the
official law report citation and the Quicklaw™ citation. Enhance your
research by quickly identifying and obtaining the full-text decisions relevant
to your particular case.
- In-depth Analysis: Cross-references to Lorne Waldman's
well-respected service, Butterworths Immigration Law and Practice, 2nd
Edition, provides expanded analysis and practice tips in the fast-changing
area.
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Regulations and
Rules, Related Legislation and International Trade Agreements: All
applicable Acts, regulations and court rules, related legislation and
International Trade Agreements are reproduced. Expert insight into their
application is provided making it easy to see how they will work in your
practice.
- Unannotated version of the Act: Full-text of the Act
is reproduced without commentary or case law, in double-column English and
French, making it easy to locate a section of legislation when representing a
case.
Highlights of the 2009 edition include:
- More than 100 new digests of cases of note
- Latest amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection
Act, the Citizenship Act, and all related Acts and Regulations
- Update on key changes to practice, including:
- The creation of a new security certificate procedure
- The appointment of a Special Advocate in all security
certificate cases and in circumstances where the Minister seeks to use
confidential evidence that is not disclosed to the person concerned
- The Minister now authorized to issue instructions with
respect to all applications for permanent residence filed after February 27,
2008, to prioritize certain types of applications or return applications
without processing
- Discussion of key cases including:
- Charkaoui v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), [2008]
S.C.J. No. 39 - CSIS' duty to retain and disclose information; disclose of new
evidence
- Nagalingam v. Canada (M.C.I.), [2008] F.C.J. No. 670
– s.115(2) IRPA analysis
- Campos v. Canada (M.C.I.), [2008] F.C.J. No. 698 –
PRRA officer's duty to consider children in certain cases
- Grewal v. Canada (M.C.I.), [2008] F.C.J. No. 780 -
application of family law concepts to analysis of the best interests of the
child in an overseas H&C application
- Walia v. Canada (M.C.I.), [2008] F.C.J. No. 622 –
question of co-habitation
- Worthington v. Canada (M.C.I.), [2008] F.C.J. No. 673
– s.3 of the Citizenship Act unconstitutional on ground of s.15 of the
Charter
- Nesende v. Canada (M.C.I.), [2008] F.C.J. No. 689 –
wrongful presumption of reavailment of state protection based on the obtaining
of a passport
The legislation reproduced in this text is current to Canada
Gazette Part I vol. 142:36 (September 6, 2008) and Canada Gazette Part II vol.
142:18 (September 3, 2008).
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