Biography

Una Radoja is an associate lawyer with Harper Grey LLP. She practices in the areas of commercial and securities litigation and environmental law. Una has represented clients before all levels of BC Courts, including the Court of Appeal. She is the current co-chair of our commercial litigation practice group.

Una often contributes to various industry publications and conferences. She is instrumental in the preparation of the regularly updated textbook, British Columbia Environmental Management Legislation and Commentary, published by LexisNexis Butterworths. She also assists in the preparation of the advanced course "Environmental Law in Practice" at the UBC Faculty of Law.

Una was born and raised in Sarajevo. She is fluent in Serbo-Croatian.

Education

• University of British Columbia, LL.B., 2007
• University of British Columbia, B.Sc., 2004

Bar Admission

• British Columbia, 2008

Leadership

• Member, British Columbia Expropriation Association
• Executive Member, Canadian Bar Association - BC Branch, Environmental Law Subsection
• Assistant to Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law in Practice, University of British Columbia
• Member, Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch - Civil Litigation, Insurance Law, Securities Law, and Women Lawyers Forum subsections
• Member, Environmental Managers Association of BC
• Member, National Brownfield Association
• Member, Canadian Urban Institute
  

Client Work

 Environmental Law

• Acting on behalf of former owners, operators and directors in the Gehring appeal, BC's leading decision regarding allocation of clean-up costs for contaminated sites
• Representing clients in various actions involving claims under the Environmental Management Act
• Advising businesses on the expropriation of contaminated sites
• Advising land developers and other businesses on the purchase and sale of contaminated sites
• Creating strategies to assess and minimize environmental risk, such as releases, indemnities, reps and warranties
• Defending environmental consultants and other experts facing negligence claims arising from investigation and remediation of contaminated sites
• Instructing experts working with clients on contaminated sites, from investigation and risk assessment through implementation of remedial measures

Commercial Litigation

• Acting as plaintiff’s counsel in a suit against the plaintiff’s joint venture partner and its directors and officers to recover investments
• Acting for various businesses and individuals in a variety of commercial contract disputes
• Helping businesses recover losses and minimize risk related to commercial fraud

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