| Citation: |
Uwadia v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2010 FC 576, [2010] 3 F.C.R. D-7 |
IMM-5439-08 |
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Judicial review of alleged failure of respondents to allow applicant to commence claim for protection pursuant to Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, s. 99—Applicant, citizen of Nigeria, submitting affidavit in English without help from interpreter in support of application for leave, judicial review, but requesting interpreter for cross-examination at last minute—Whether respondents having to assume costs of interpreter in cross-examining applicant on affidavit if interpreter requested by applicant out of preference rather than necessity—Respondents could have submitted motion for deciding matter prior to cross-examination—However, proceeding instead to cross-examine with interpreter at own expense—In such circumstances, Court not inclined to grant costs for expenses that could have been avoided had motion been submitted—Application dismissed.
Uwadia v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) (IMM-5439-08, 2010 FC 576, Mainville J., judgment dated May 26, 2010, 25 pp.)