Ronald Poulton successfully argued for the appellant in the Federal Court of Appeal in the recent case of Oberlander v. MCI. In a 2 to 1 decision the court allowed the appeal, recognizing for the first time that the common law defense of duress was available in a citizenship revocation process.
Read the decision onlineRonald Poulton was profiled as lawyer of the week in Ontario in the Law Times.
Read the interview in PDF formatRonald Poulton was interviewed in the Lawyers Weekly on the proposed changes in 2010 to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Read this interviewAfter battling CBSA officials for a number of years, including obtaining a stay of removal from Federal Court and filing an appeal to the Court of Appeal, Mr. Poulton was finally successful in obtaining landing for this client. At the early stages of this fight, the following story appeared in the Toronto Sun.
Read the Toronto Sun articleRonald Poulton argued in the Federal Court that denying a spouse of a Canadian the right to permanent residency in Canada violated section 15 of the Charter.
Read the National Post articleRonald Poulton recently appeared as a guest speaker on international human rights and the UN in Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg. His book, Pale Blue Hope, has been made required reading at Simon Fraser University for a 4th year course on Central Asian politics.
Read the press releaseRonald Poulton’s Book on the United Nations, Pale Blue Hope, was nominated for the Mary Scorer award for best book published in Manitoba.
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