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
- Former Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
- Former Director, TB Vets Charitable Foundation
- Speaker, Canadian Medical Protective Association Symposia
- Speaker, Grand Rounds, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
- Former Tutor, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
Membership
- Member, Canadian Association of Law Teachers
- Member, The Law Society of British Columbia
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, National Health Law Subsection
- Member, Canadian Maritime Law Association
- Member, Defence Research Institute
- Member, Medical-Legal Society of BC
