Background

Elissa Sinha is a partner with our Toronto office. Elissa has practiced in our commercial litigation group since her call to the bar in 2003.

Elissa attended law school at Queen's University where she received honours for her work in civil procedure, constitutional law and family law. Elissa also holds a B.A. from Queen's University with a major in English Literature.

Areas of Practice

• Elissa's practice encompasses a range of civil litigation matters, with a focus on the following areas:
  • complex commercial litigation
  • fraud and anti-piracy litigation
  • banking litigation
  • injunctions and interlocutory remedies (including Anton Piller orders, Mareva injunctions and certificates of pending litigation)
  • Shareholder disputes

Professional Experience

• Elissa has:
  • appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Divisional Court, Superior Court of Justice and the Federal Court of Canada
  • represented U.S. and Canadian television satellite broadcasters in numerous anti-piracy actions
  • represented major financial institutions in a variety of banking litigation matters, including fraud, security enforcement, and bills of exchange litigation
  • represented victims of multimillion dollar international frauds
  • served as an independent supervising solicitor in the execution of Anton Piller Orders
  • successfully enforced and recovered on foreign and domestic judgments
  • consulted on the 'model' Anton Piller and Mareva orders adopted by the Superior Court of Justice Commercial List
  • managed complex, large-scale technologically-dependant litigation files

Professional Achievements and Publications

• Elissa speaks widely on the subject of Anton Piller Orders, interlocutory injunctions and fraud. Recent conferences include the 2009 OBA Civil Litigation Conference and the 2009 ABA International Law Section Fall Meeting.
• Author of “Search Orders”, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010, 14 th ed., p. B-432
• Author of 'Failure to Protect Privilege May Lead to Removal of Counsel', Commercial Litigation (2004) Volume X, No. 3, p. 526.
• Co-author of 'Mastering the Art of Character, Credibility and Similar Fact Evidence,' presented at Advanced Forum on Civil Procedure and Evidence (Canadian Institute, 2003).
• Recipient of numerous academic prizes: (1) Department of Justice/CBA National Essay Contest, (2) C. Douglas MacLeod Memorial Scholarship, (3) David Sabbath Prize in Advanced Civil Procedure, (4) P.E. Newbury Prize in Family Law, and (5) David Sabbath Prize in Constitutional Law.
• Recipient of Wilson Moot Competition Factum and Oralist Second Place Award (2001).

Significant Reported Decisions

• Brack v. DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc., [2010] OJ No. 2215 (SCJ)
• Dish Network LLC v. Ramkissoon, [2009] OJ No. 5436 (SCJ)
• White v. Colliers Macaulay Nicholls Inc., [2008] OJ No. 458 (SCJ) aff'd [2009] OJ No. 2188 (CA)
• Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rodgers, [2008] OJ No. 2912 (SCJ)
• Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rodgers, [2007] OJ No. 4569 (SCJ)
• Benjamin v. Toronto-Dominion Bank, [2006] OJ No. 1253 (SCJ)
• Oppenheimer & Co. v. Blue-Dot Consulting Inc., [2005] OJ No. 3720 (SCJ)
• R. v. Mann 2004 3 SCR 59 (SCC)