Background

Nadia Effendi is a partner at our Ottawa office and is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Appeal and Review Focus Group.

Nadia was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004 and to the New Brunswick Bar in 2006, is fluent in English and French, and practices in both official languages. Nadia regularly appears before all level of court on a wide variety of civil and public litigation matters, including: the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal; the Superior Court of Ontario, the Ontario Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal; and the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition, Nadia has also appeared before numerous administrative tribunals.

Nadia received her Bachelor of Laws (summa cum laude) from the University of Ottawa in 2003 and was the recipient of the Stikeman Elliott Prize and the Brown & Evans Book Prize (for highest standing in Administrative Law); the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History; the George W. Ainslie Memorial Prize; as well as the University Gold Medal, which is awarded to the student attaining the highest cumulative grade point average over the entire LL.B. program.

Following her studies, Nadia served as a law clerk for The Honourable Mr. Justice Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada before joining BLG.

Areas of Practice

• Nadia is a member of BLG’s Commercial Litigation and Appeal and Review Groups.
• Nadia’s practice is focused primarily in the area of civil and public law litigation, with an emphasis on representing clients in administrative law and commercial litigation matters.
• Nadia is the Chair of BLG’s Supreme Court of Canada Agency Group and represents clients as their agent before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Professional Experience

• Appearances before all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada; the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal; the Ontario Superior Court, the Ontario Divisional Court, and the Ontario Court of Appeal; and before administrative tribunals, including the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB); the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
• Counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada for the Canadian Medical Association in Attorney General of Canada v. PHS Community Services Society (2011).
• Counsel before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal for the Chief Electoral Officer in Chief Electoral Officer v. Callaghan (2009 and 2011).
• Counsel before the Ontario Court of Appeal for the Masters’ Association of Ontario in Masters’ Association of Ontario v. Ontario (2011).
• Counsel before the Federal Court for Radio-Canada/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Official Languages Commissioner v. Radio-Canada/CBC (2010-2011).
• Counsel before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) in Brandon Gray Internet Services Inc. v. CIRA (2010-2011).
• Counsel before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario for Hockey Canada in J.C. v. Hockey Canada (2010-2011).
• Counsel before the Federal Court for the Canadian National Railway Company in CN v. Canada (2010-2011).
• Counsel before the Federal Court for the Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee in Procureur général du Canada c. Hani Al Telbani (2010-2011).
• Counsel before the Federal Court of Appeal for the Right Honourable Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in Attorney General of Canada v. The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien (2010-2011).
• Counsel before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal for Mr. Jean Pelletier (former Chief of Staff of the Right Honourable Prime Minister Jean Chrétien) in Pelletier v. Canada (2008-2011)
• Counsel before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for Justices Campbell and Wilkins in Wyrd Sisters v. Campbell (2009-2010).
• Counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada for the Federation of Law Societies in Ontario (Public Safety and Security) v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association (2008).
• Counsel before the Ontario Divisional Court for the Law Society of Upper Canada in LSUC v. Evans (2008).
• Counsel before the Federal Court of Appeal for the Canadian Bankers Association in CIBC v. Canada (2007).
• Counsel before the Federal Court for Equifax Canada in Equifax Canada v. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada (2007).

Professional and Community Activities

• Member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Carleton County Law Association.
• Member of l’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO).
• Member of The Advocates’ Society.
• Member of the Executive of the Young Lawyers’ Division (East) of the Ontario Bar Association.
• Director of Citizen Advocacy, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping people with disability participate fully in community life.
• Director and Secretary of Community Information Centre of Ottawa, a not-for-profit organization devoted to information and referral services.

Publications

• ‘Banks are prohibited by PIPEDA from disclosing mortgage balance to judgment creditor of mortgagor’, co-author with Barbara McIsaac, 30 Nat. B.L. Rev. 28.
• Cross-Canada Case Law Update for 2009, co-author with Peter K. Doody, The Canadian Institute’s 9th Annual – Advanced Administrative Law & Practice – October 28-29, 2009.
• Développement récent en droit administrative, Conférence annuel de l’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario, June 26, 2009.
• ‘Summary Judgment Motions: Recent Judicial Development’, co-author with Guy Pratte and Paul Taylor (2008), 35 Adv. Q. 114.
• ‘Experts in Civil Litigation: A Retrospective on Their Role and Independence with a View to Possible Reforms’, co-author with Guy Pratte and Jennifer Brusse, 2008 Annual Review of Civil Litigation, Carswell.
• Règles de procédure civile: mise à jour et impact de la réforme proposé par le Juge Osborne, Conférence annuel de l’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario, June 2007
• ‘Standard of Review: Are We There Yet’, co-author with Guy J. Pratte and Freya J. Kristjanson, The New Administrative Law, LSUC, October 24, 2007.
• 'Are you Ready? Preparing for a Pandemic', Borden Ladner Gervais Labour and Employment Law Breakfast Seminar, May 10, 2007, Ottawa.
• 'A Case Law Review of Damages Awards', Borden Ladner Gervais Labour and Employment Symposium 2006, Ottawa.
• 'Research and Gathering Evidence in Administrative Law Proceedings', co-author with Noëlle Caloren, Civil Litigation and Administrative Law Conference, November 2006, Ottawa.
• 'The Role of Legal Counsel: Balancing the Role of Legal Counsel with the Independence of Decision-Makers', co-author with Guy J. Pratte, Advanced Administrative Law and Practice Conference, October 2006, Ottawa.
• 'Resserrement ou assouplissement? Une mise à jour sur l’application et l’interprétation des normes de contrôle en révision judiciaire', co-author with Guy J. Pratte, 4e Conférence avancée sur le droit administratif, May 2006, Montréal.
• 'Recruitment Issues', co-author with Noëlle Caloren and Jennifer Radford, Borden Ladner Gervais Labour and Employment Symposium 2005, Ottawa.