Manjit Grewal is a member of the firm’s Personal Injury, Administrative + Public Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Health Care and Insurance Law Practice Groups.
Manjit is a senior civil litigator with 18 years of experience representing clients in complex disputes involving serious injury, disability, and medically significant issues. Her practice focuses on matters requiring detailed analysis of medical evidence, expert opinion, and long-term functional outcomes.
Before entering the legal profession, Manjit practiced as a Registered Nurse and Occupational Health Nurse. Her clinical experience provides a practical understanding of health care, rehabilitation, standards of care, and the medical consequences of injury. She has worked closely with physicians, nurses, rehabilitation professionals, employers, unions, and insurers, giving her a broad perspective on the intersection of medicine, disability, and the law.
Manjit has extensive experience working with complex medical records, expert reports, and multidisciplinary evidence. She regularly analyzes issues relating to diagnosis, prognosis, causation, functional capacity, future care, and loss of earning capacity, and has examined medical and expert witnesses throughout her litigation career.
Her litigation practice includes serious personal injury, disability, and other medically complex claims involving contested liability and damages. She approaches each file with a combination of legal experience and clinical insight, enabling her to identify key medical issues, communicate effectively with clients and experts, and develop practical litigation strategies grounded in both medicine and law.
Manjit is known for providing thoughtful, pragmatic advice and skilled advocacy in cases where the medical evidence is central to achieving a fair outcome.
In her family law practice, Manjit assists clients with issues arising from separation and divorce, including parenting arrangements, child and spousal support, and property division. Her nursing background provides practical insight into the emotional, psychological, and health-related dimensions of family breakdown, including the impact of mental health concerns, addiction, and chronic illness on parenting capacity and family dynamics. She is experienced in working with medical and health care professionals and is able to engage effectively with clinical records, psychological assessments, and other expert evidence to ensure parenting arrangements and support outcomes reflect the realities of each family’s circumstances.
Manjit’s occupational health experience also informs her family law practice, particularly in matters involving employment disruption, medical leave, disability, or workplace accommodation arising in the context of separation or family violence. She understands the intersection between health-related work limitations, income loss, and support obligations, and works to develop practical, sustainable resolutions.
Manjit obtained her Diploma in Nursing in 1992, her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in 1996, and her Master of Education (M.Ed.) in 2000. She completed her LL.B. at the University of British Columbia in 2007.