2021/2022 Conference

2022 Moot Court Case: Immigration

For the 2022 UBC Moot Court case, we will be pursuing an immigration case that challenges participants to assess multiple outcomes of an appeal hearing. The scenario is as follows: the appellant, Hassan Ahmed, is a citizen of the United Kingdom with Canadian permanent resident status. He has a Canadian wife and a successful business that has helped his community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Mr. Ahmed is convicted of theft under $5,000 on two separate occasions and receives a removal order from the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board for criminality. The issue at hand is whether Mr. Ahmed’s order for removal should be appealed or confirmed. With humanitarian and compassionate considerations being valid in this circumstance, should the appeal for Mr. Ahmed’s removal order be allowed given that it would risk the livelihood that he built in Canada and separate him from his wife? Or is this removal justified and the appeal should be dismissed, given Mr. Ahmed’s crimes and the high potential for him to rebuild his life as an educated 27-year old man in the United Kingdom?

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