Biography

Raj practices primarily in the areas of medical malpractice and insurance litigation. He has appeared at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Raj is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Law, instructing in the areas of trial advocacy and health law. He is also a tutor for the UBC Faculty of Medicine "Doctor, Patient & Society" course. Raj is pursuing his Masters of Law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, with a concentration on health law.

Education

• University of British Columbia, LL.B., 1990
• Simon Fraser University, B.A., 1987

 Bar Admission

• British Columbia, 1991

 Leadership

• Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
• Tutor, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
• Speaker, Canadian Medical Protective Association Symposia
• Speaker, Grand Rounds, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
  
• Member, Medical-Legal Society of BC
• Member, Defence Research Institute
  
• Member, Canadian Bar Association - National Health Law Subsection
• Member, Canadian Association of Law Teachers

Client Work

Health Law

• Representing a client in the Supreme Court of Canada in a matter involving the issues of “wrongful birth” and entitlement to damages
• Representing a client in the Supreme Court of Canada in a matter involving the issue of limitation periods
• Appearing in the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) in civil litigation matters involving compromised infants
• Attending before judge alone and in jury trials at the British Columbia Supreme Court in numerous medical-legal matters
• Appeared as counsel in a number of BCCA cases which helped to define the test for causation in a medical context, including Seatle and Ahamed
  
• Counsel for a physician at the Hughes Inquest, held in Nanaimo, BC in July 2011
  

Professional Regulation

• Assisting physicians in disciplinary matters involving the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
• Assisting doctors with respect to hospital administration issues such as privilege and discipline

Events

Articles

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