Lali v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-10-09. Docket: IMM-8913-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1245 (CanLII). Administrative law — Judicial review — Procedural fairness — Whether redetermination was de novo and independent — Reasons largely copied from prior refusal decision — Failure to meaningfully address updated submissions and evidence — Canadian Pacific Railway Company v Canada (Attorney General) cited — Judicial review granted, decision set aside and remitted for redetermination by different officer | Administrative law — Decision making — Impartiality and independence — Whether extensive copying rebuts presumption decision maker turned mind to issues — Cojocaru v British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre applied — Near verbatim replication of analysis across central decision points — Reasonable person test