i am confused, what are you thinking? why would you go to court when you can apply for 2nd file directly. who is gonna defend you in court? legal aid office?
which one is easier? filing a HC or defending you in court? if your lawyer cannot even do the easy one right, why you trust he/she on the challenging one???
Even i knew when i prepared my file, the pandemic is not a reason to stay in Canada for humanitarian purposes. if the ircc was gonna issue PR to people who were stuck here because of the pandemic, there would be millions of them.