Peter Edelmann was in Edmonton on February 2 and will be in Calgary on February 9 to present on the topics of Immigration Offences and Remedies in Canadian Criminal Law to Inadmissibility Under IRPA as part of the Legal Education Society of Alberta's program on the Intersection of Immigration and Criminal Law.
Peter Edelmann appeared on February 1st before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) to make submissions on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association on Bill C-59 "An Act respecting national security matters". Video and transcripts of the appearance will be posted here: http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/SECU/meeting-94/notice The written submissions of the [...]
On 3 February 2018, Erin Roth is presenting at a Round Table discussion on unaccompanied minors, hosted by the American Bar Association. This is an opportunity to share and discuss the differences in how unaccompanied minors are accommodated in Canada and the United States, particularly in respect to issues of immigration detention and refugee claims.
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Jennifer Ellis is part of a panel about careers in refugee law put on by CARL - UBC (Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers - University of British Columbia chapter) .
Congratulations to Shirin Kiamanesh, our articled student, who won her first refugee hearing. Well done Shirin!
Peter Edelmann was quoted in The Western Star in an article about citizenship misrepresentation.
Congratulations to Peter Edelmann, Erica Olmstead and Shirin Kiamanesh for a job well done in representing our client at the Supreme Court of Canada on Friday, November 10th in Wing Wha Wong v. Her Majesty the Queen.
Peter is giving a presentation on the intersection of criminal and immigration law through the Legal Education Society of Alberta on February 9, 2018 in Edmonton, Alberta.
We are obviously very happy with the decision in Tran v. MPSEP, and although it left some unanswered questions it provides some useful language that will hopefully help to push things forward in other areas. We were very fortunate to have a lot of help from a very collegial bar and some great interveners. The [...]