Amy Mayor is an Associate Lawyer with the Immigration Litigation and Enforcement team, where she represents clients in a wide range of complex immigration and refugee matters. Her practice focuses on admissibility hearings, detention reviews, removal proceedings, judicial review applications, and refugee appeals. Amy is committed to defending the rights of individuals navigating Canada’s immigration system and brings a principled, client-focused approach to every case.
Amy earned her Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School and holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Toronto. Before joining private practice, she operated her own immigration and refugee law practice in Toronto, where she supported Charter litigation and handled complex appeals. Her background in both litigation and policy-driven advocacy allows her to provide strategic, informed representation at all levels of the immigration process.
Called to the bar of Ontario 2021
Refugee Lawyer’s Association
BA University of Toronto 2007
MA University of Toronto 2008
JD Osgoode Hall Law School 2020
The Court granted a stay of removal pending determination of an application for leave and judicial review of a negative refugee appeal decision. It found there was a serious issue to be tried, particularly regarding alleged incompetence of prior representatives and a related request for an extension of time. The Court also accepted that the applicant would face irreparable harm if removed, noting that key risk evidence had not been considered previously. Balancing the interests, the Court concluded that the balance of convenience favoured granting the stay
Abudoush v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) IMM-4975-26, March 20, 2026
The Court overturned a decision which found that a Tamil man would be safe if he was removed to Sri Lanka, even though there was strong evidence that he would be targeted because of his background which included past detention and time spent in Canada. Immigration officials focused too narrowly on whether he had proven past ties to militants instead of looking at the real risk he could face now. The decision was quashed and the case was sent back for redetermination.
Iyampillai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1150
The Court found it was unfair to refuse a temporary resident permit to a former international student who fell out of status after COVID-related delays. The officer set the bar for granting relief too high and blamed him without properly considering his long education in Canada, job offer, and extensive community ties. The refusal was overturned and sent back for redetermination.
Ogbonna v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2024 FC 1467
The Court ruled that the Refugee Appeal Division wrongly dismissed key evidence supporting a Colombian family’s claim that they were threatened by armed groups in a dispute over stolen family land. Important letters and documents were ignored or brushed aside by the Tribunal without explanation. The decision was set aside because the evidence was not assessed fairly.
Rodriguez Gallego v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2024 FC 1347
The Court overturned a decision that stripped a man of his refugee status simply because he returned briefly to India for family reasons. The tribunal relied on guesswork about what he “should have done” instead of looking at the actual precautions which he took while travelling. The case will be reheard by a different decision-maker.
Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2024 FC 1662
Community organizations, legal aid clinics, refugee lawyers, and human rights groups intervened to explain how broad immigration powers could unfairly lead to deportations without proper safeguards. The Supreme Court agreed that immigration authorities had been interpreting the law too broadly and clarified that people can only be removed on “security” grounds when violence is actually connected to national security, not just ordinary criminal conduct.
Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21
Amy Mayor is an Associate Lawyer with the Immigration Litigation and Enforcement team, where she represents clients in a wide range of complex immigration and refugee matters. Her practice focuses on admissibility hearings, detention reviews, removal proceedings, judicial review applications, and refugee appeals. Amy is committed to defending the rights of individuals navigating Canada’s immigration system and brings a principled, client-focused approach to every case.
Amy earned her Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School and holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Toronto. Before joining private practice, she operated her own immigration and refugee law practice in Toronto, where she supported Charter litigation and handled complex appeals. Her background in both litigation and policy-driven advocacy allows her to provide strategic, informed representation at all levels of the immigration process.
Called to the bar of Ontario 2021
Refugee Lawyer’s Association
BA University of Toronto 2007
MA University of Toronto 2008
JD Osgoode Hall Law School 2020
The Court granted a stay of removal pending determination of an application for leave and judicial review of a negative refugee appeal decision. It found there was a serious issue to be tried, particularly regarding alleged incompetence of prior representatives and a related request for an extension of time. The Court also accepted that the applicant would face irreparable harm if removed, noting that key risk evidence had not been considered previously. Balancing the interests, the Court concluded that the balance of convenience favoured granting the stay
Abudoush v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) IMM-4975-26, March 20, 2026
The Court overturned a decision which found that a Tamil man would be safe if he was removed to Sri Lanka, even though there was strong evidence that he would be targeted because of his background which included past detention and time spent in Canada. Immigration officials focused too narrowly on whether he had proven past ties to militants instead of looking at the real risk he could face now. The decision was quashed and the case was sent back for redetermination.
Iyampillai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1150
The Court found it was unfair to refuse a temporary resident permit to a former international student who fell out of status after COVID-related delays. The officer set the bar for granting relief too high and blamed him without properly considering his long education in Canada, job offer, and extensive community ties. The refusal was overturned and sent back for redetermination.
Ogbonna v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2024 FC 1467
The Court ruled that the Refugee Appeal Division wrongly dismissed key evidence supporting a Colombian family’s claim that they were threatened by armed groups in a dispute over stolen family land. Important letters and documents were ignored or brushed aside by the Tribunal without explanation. The decision was set aside because the evidence was not assessed fairly.
Rodriguez Gallego v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2024 FC 1347
The Court overturned a decision that stripped a man of his refugee status simply because he returned briefly to India for family reasons. The tribunal relied on guesswork about what he “should have done” instead of looking at the actual precautions which he took while travelling. The case will be reheard by a different decision-maker.
Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2024 FC 1662
Community organizations, legal aid clinics, refugee lawyers, and human rights groups intervened to explain how broad immigration powers could unfairly lead to deportations without proper safeguards. The Supreme Court agreed that immigration authorities had been interpreting the law too broadly and clarified that people can only be removed on “security” grounds when violence is actually connected to national security, not just ordinary criminal conduct.
Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21