Una Radoja is an associate with Harper Grey LLP. She practices in the areas of commercial litigation, securities and environmental law.
Una acts in complex commercial and environmental disputes, and regularly advises BC business and industry on the Environmental Management Act and Contaminated Sites Regulation. Una writes for various publications and conferences, and is instrumental in the preparation of the regularly updated text, 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 Faculty of Law at UBC.
Representative Client Work
- Conducting litigation and dispute resolution for clients in commercial disputes at all levels
- Acting on behalf of former owners, operators and directors in the Gehring appeal, BC's leading decision regarding allocation of clean-up costs
- Creating strategies to assess and minimize environmental risk, such as releases, indemnities and reps and warranties, including lease and contract provisions
- Advising clients on all aspects of environmental law, including common law, legislative and regulatory obligations arising from contamination of land, water and air
- Instructing environmental consultants and other experts on various aspects of the remediation of contaminated sites, from investigation and risk assessment through implementation of remedial measures
Professional & Civic Activities- Assistant to Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law in Practice, UBC
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch - Civil Litigation, Environmental Law, Insolvency Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law, and Women Lawyers Forum subsections
- Member, Environmental Managers Association of BC
- Author, "Update on New Site Vapour Assessment Guidelines and Air Concentration Criteria", Environmental Managers Association Newsletter
- Author, "Risk-Based Remediation", presented at 5th Edition Western Canada Contaminated Sites Conference
- Co-author, The B.C. Environmental Management Act - Don’t Throw Junk in My Yard (or You’re Going to Pay for It)" for the CCH Canadian Limited, Corporate Brief
- Co-author, "The Environmental Management Act and the Gehring Decision" for the CCH Canadian Limited, Corporate Brief
- Co-author, "Key Developments in Environmental Law: Comment on Gehring v. Chevron Canada Ltd.", presented at Environmental Managers Association meeting
- Co-author, "Key Developments in Environmental Law: B.C.’s First EPAM Agreement" presented to the Environmental Managers Association
- Co-author, "Contaminated Residential Lands", published in "Toxic Properties" by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC
Publications
Background
Una was born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina and is fluent in Serbo-Croatian. In her spare time she enjoys reading, travelling and yoga.
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Events
Bar & Court Admissions- Called to the Bar of British Columbia, 2008
Education- University of British Columbia, B.Sc., 2004
- University of British Columbia, LL.B., 2007
Practice Areas
Industry Areas
Law School
- University of British Columbia
Languages
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