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PRACTICE PROFILE

Manjit Grewal completed her articles with Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP in August 2008 and is a member of the firm’s Insurance and Family Law Practice Groups. Her primary area of practice is litigation-based with an emphasis on the defence of personal injury, life and disability claims. As a Registered Nurse and Occupational Health Nurse, Manjit has extensive experience in reviewing medical reports and dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders including medical practitioners, employers, union representatives, and insurance companies.

Manjit obtained her Diploma in Nursing in 1992, BSN in 1996, M.Ed in 2000, and her LL.B in 2007 from the University of British Columbia.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

 

Manjit has assisted senior counsel with hearings before the British Columbia Supreme Court and has appeared before British Columbia Provincial Court on a variety of matters. Manjit also has experience in mediations, settlement conferences, pre-trial conferences and applications to a judge.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Author, “Psychosocial Factors: Barriers to Re-employment of Workers Disabled by Occupational Low Back Pain and Chronic Pain”, International Journal of Practical Approaches to Disability, 2000, 24(1-3), 40. 
• Co-author and Co-Editor, Disability Claims Management, 2nd Edition, Butterworths, 2002.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Canadian Bar Association (Civil Litigation, Insurance, Health, Employment, and Women Lawyers Subsections), Member 
• Law Society of BC, Member 
• Trial Lawyer’s Association of BC, Member 
• Medical Legal Society of BC, Member 
• Downtown Networking Association, Member 
• South Asian Bar Association, Member 
• Registered Nurses Association, Member 
• Occupational Health Nurses Association, Member

ON A PERSONAL NOTE

Prior to attending law school, Manjit worked as a Registered Nurse for over 10 years in acute care, long term care, and occupational health settings in both the private and public sectors. Currently, she is an instructor at a local college where she teaches a variety of disability management and insurance courses.