Raj is a Partner with Harper Grey and practices primarily in the areas of medical malpractice and insurance litigation.
Raj has appeared at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
Raj is a former adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Law, where he instructed in the areas of trial advocacy and health law. He is also a former tutor for the UBC Faculty of Medicine “Doctor, Patient & Society” course. In 2012, Raj earned a Master of Laws with a specialization in Health Care Law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.
Health Law
- Assisting physicians during audit procedures
- Representing physicians at coroner’s inquests
- 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
Education
- York University, LL.M., 2012
- University of British Columbia, LL.B., 1990
- Simon Fraser University, B.A., 1987
Bar Admission
- British Columbia, 1991
Leadership
- Canadian Medical Protective Association Symposia, Speaker
- Grand Rounds, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Speaker
- Harper Grey Mentoring Program, Mentor
- TB Vets Charitable Foundation, Former Director
- University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Former Adjunct Professor
- University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, Former Tutor
Membership
- Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Former Member
- Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Member
- Canadian Bar Association, National Health Law Subsection, Member
- Canadian Maritime Law Association, Former Member
- Defence Research Institute, Former Member
- Medical-Legal Society of BC, Member
- The Law Society of British Columbia, Member
