You guys are absolutely correct , but the truth is that some of us that decided to use lawyers didn’t really have a choice .
For instance - I had a complicated case whereby we had to do a reopening application for my refugee claim because there was a breach of natural Justice and the IRB ruled that the case should be redetermination,unfortunately it was denied 2x and this activities made our case very bulky and complex meaning- any lawyer that handles the second judicial review has to defend 6 different files that were submitted to immigration by different lawyers.
I attempted to use another lawyer and he charged about 20k cad ,so I decided to hold into the lawyer that handled the previous submission. So when the pathway rolled in, I had a choice to submit application while we were waiting for final decision of 2nd appeal , I had a choice to apply myself but I decided to have the same lawyer to continue with our application incase if the appeal was denied , lo and behold it was denied and we had to do another JR , it could have been more complicated if I had previously disengaged my lawyer and I’m sure the cost of hiring another lawyer will be highly uneasy . Anyways that’s what led me to using a lawyer , funny enough I assisted my Neigbour and another friend through the process and they already got copr while I’ve been waiting since February . Lord have mercy …
@Dalesgate please advise -: my lawyer submitted letter of discontinuance and uploaded a thread of electronic status of the jr .
The thread indicated that letter of discontinuance was recieved on 5th of February and she also uploaded the previous letter of discontinue for our first JR .