Immigration and refugee law
We are available to help on a variety of immigration and refugee law matters, including:
- Applications for permanent residency in Canada based on Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) considerations
- Applications for refugee protection in Canada
- Representation at refugee protection hearings at the Refugee Protection Division
- Appeals of negative decisions to the Refugee Appeal Division
- Applications to the Federal Court for judicial review of decisions related to immigration and refugee law decisions, and appearing in court hearings
- Preparing motions to the Federal Court for stays of removal
- Applications for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment
- Detention reviews
- Applications for immigration to Canada in the economic class
- Applications for immigration to Canada in the family class
- Summary legal advice, referrals, and consideration of other legal questions not listed above
Landlord and tenant disputes
If you are having a problem related to rental housing and you live in Ontario, we can help with:
- Disputes regarding rental agreements, trespassing, misses repairs, etc
- Harassment, discrimination, and human rights abuses
- Renovictions
- Unreasonable increases in rent
- Unreasonable denial of subletting leased accommodation
- Non-payment of rent, unreasonable use of leased accommodations
- Other disputes related to tenancies
Civil litigation and judicial reviews
We may also be able to help on other matters, or offer a referral to other lawyers, including for:
- Defamation, SLAPPs, and libel
- Human rights and anti-discrimination law, including discrimination on prohibited grounds in employment
- Other employment law issues, including dismissals with or without cause
- Contractual disputes and small claims litigation, including writing demand letters and appearance at tribunal and court hearings
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