Incompetence of counsel leading to deprivation of a fair hearing can result in a breach of procedural fairness?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Ghanem v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 342 (CanLII):

Incompetence of counsel that leads to deprivation of a fair hearing can result in a breach of procedural fairness; Shirwa v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1993 CanLII 3026 (FCA), [1994] 2 F.C. 51 (F.C.T.D.) at paragraph 14.

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