Landings LLP – U of T Law alumnae launch firm devoted to refugee, immigration and human rights law
Warda Shazadi Meighen (JD 2009) says the decision to pursue her area of practice was personal: she and her family arrived in Canada as refugees...
Jacqueline Swaisland – Family facing deportation from Canada say return to Portugal puts ‘our lives at risk’
A family in Milton, Ont., is racing against the clock to be able to stay in Canada, saying that being deported to Portugal will put their health in jeopardy...
Warda Shazadi Meighen Named a 2020 Lexpert® Rising Star
We are pleased to announce that partner, Warda Shazadi Meighen, has been named as a Leading Lawyer Under 40 by Lexpert® Magazine. This honour celebrates leading lawyers in Canada under the age of 40 who have an outstanding track record of success. Here is what clients and peers have said about Warda: "Warda demonstrates an excellent ability to analyze complex ...
Warda Shazadi Meighen – Oxford University Refugee Studies Centre Alumni
Global migration captured my imagination from a young age and years ago, inspired me to become a lawyer...
Jacqueline Swaisland – Canada releasing immigration detainees at ‘unprecedented’ rates amid COVID-19 fears
The number of immigration detainees held in provincial jails and immigration holding centres across Canada has dropped by more than half since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic...
Jacqueline Swaisland – Lucene Charles granted stay so Federal Court can review her case
The call Lucene Charles was desperately waiting for came as she stepped out of the Tropicanada Schwarma and Grill and onto the King Street West sidewalk Friday. She was not being deported...
Erin Simpson – Refugee lawyers applaud federal funding after Ford’s legal aid cuts
Refugee lawyers are applauding the federal government's decision to put $26 million toward Ontario refugee and immigration legal aid services after the province cut the program's budget...
Erin Simpson – Precedent Setter Awards 2019
Erin Simpson was awarded the Precedent Setter Award for her work with Amnesty International, the Canadian Council for Refugees and the Canadian Council of Churches, and their challenge of the Safe Third Country Agreement...
Warda Shazadi Meighen – Provincial legal aid cuts are senseless economic and social policy
The Government of Ontario has cut one-third of legal aid funding. Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) funds legal representation for those individuals whose annual income is less than $17,000 – in other words, the most impoverished in our society...