Nazeer T. Mitha, KC*
COUNSEL
CONTACT NAZ
Biography
Naz Mitha, KC is recognized as one of the leading counsel in British Columbia in the areas of labour and employment law and commercial litigation.
Naz handles a wide range of workplace matters, including in the areas of employment, labour, human rights and administrative law. Naz’s clients include public and private sector employers and senior employees. He also maintains a general commercial litigation practice, frequently acting in shareholder and partnership disputes.
Naz has conducted hearings before all levels of court in Canada, including the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition, he regularly appears before various tribunals such as commercial and labour arbitration boards, the BC Labour Relations Board, the BC Employment Standards Tribunal, the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
In addition to his counsel work, Naz conducts workplace investigations into complex matters, including with respect to allegations of serious employee misconduct, financial improprieties and bullying and harassment. Naz also acts as a mediator in workplace disputes and commercial matters.
Naz is a sought-after speaker and presenter and is an Adjunct Professor teaching Employment Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia.
Prior to co-founding Mitha Law Group, Naz was a partner at western Canada’s largest employer-side workplace law firm.
Recognitions
Lawyer of the Year, Labour and Employment Law in Vancouver, Best Lawyers in Canada, 2022
Ranked, Employment Law – Employer, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2012 – present, including recognition as Most Frequently Recommended Practitioner for Employment Law (Vancouver), 2021
Listed Lawyer, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Best Lawyers in Canada, 2021 - present
Listed Lawyer, Labour and Employment, Best Lawyers in Canada, 2010 - present
Ranked Lawyer, Employment and Labour – British Columbia, Chambers Canada, 2019 – present
Ranked, Who’s Who Legal: Canada, 2015 – present
The Peter S. Hyndman Mentorship Award, Vancouver Bar Association, 2016
Recent Speaking Engagements
“For the Love of Litigation” (co-presenter), Canadian Bar Association, Civil Litigation – Vancouver Annual Dinner, February, 2023
“Group and Class Complaints” (co-presenter), Human Rights Law Conference 2022, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, November 2022
“Mediation of Employment Law Disputes” (co-presenter), Employment Law Conference 2022, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2022
“Palm Tree Justice for Employment Contracts”, Employment Law Conference 2020, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2020
“Building a Practice” (co-presenter), Canadian Bar Association, BC Employment Law Subsection, 2019
“The Use of the Waiver of Tort in Employment Litigation” (co-presenter), Employment Law Conference 2016, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2016
“Duty of Honesty and Duty of Good Faith in Contractual Performance (co-presenter), Employment Law Conference 2015, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2015
“Fiduciary Duties: Duty of Good Faith and Working Notice”, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, April 2013
“Shareholder Oppression Remedies”, Employment Law Conference 2012, Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, May 2012
Professional & Community Involvement
Adjunct Professor, Employment Law, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, 2015 – present
Director, Law Courts Inn, 2018 – 2019
President, Law Courts Inn, 2017 – 2018
Director and Vice President, Law Courts Inn, 2015 – 2016
Member, National Conciliation and Arbitration Board of British Columbia for the Ismaili Community, 2015 – 2018
Past Chair, Vancouver Multicultural Society, 1995 – 1999
Year of Call
British Columbia, 1993
Yukon, 2022
Education
JD, Dalhousie University, 1992
*Practising through a law corporation.