Why IRCC Should Pay Attention to the B.C. Small Claims Case Li v. Dong 2017 BCPC 285 – Re: Custodian and Unauthorized Immigration Practice
Background of the Case Li v. Dong, 2017 BCPC 285 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/h6ftb> was a five-day small claims matter between two educational agents, Ms. Chunmei LI and Mr. DONG. Without delving too much into the myriad of messy facts – Mr. Dong was an educational agent and Ms. Li was a sub-agent. They had primarily verbal […]
Lessons from Losses – Importance of Good Interpretation in Immigration
I recently was counsel on a multi-layered case named Zhang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 502 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/hs2j6> In Zhang, the client (my client) attended an in-Canada spousal interview with former counsel and as well with an interpreter who former counsel had assumed was certified, but was actually not. In-Canada spousal interview have a […]
