Raphael Vagliano

The applicant sought judicial review of a decision refusing her request to reconsider a negative Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA).

The request for reconsideration was based on allegations that her previous legal representatives had been incompetent.

The Federal Court found that the officer's decision refusing to reopen the PRRA lacked intelligibility and justification, as the officer failed to adequately consider the applicant's vulnerability and the specific evidence of inadequate representation.

The application for judicial review was allowed and the matter remitted to a different officer.

The applicant, a stateless Palestinian born in a Lebanese refugee camp, sought judicial review of a decision refusing his application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

The Federal Court found that the immigration officer's assessment of the adverse country conditions and hardship the applicant would face if returned to Lebanon was unreasonable, lacking a coherent and rational chain of analysis regarding the systemic discrimination faced by stateless Palestinians in Lebanon.