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Mina Alam
is an associate at Lenczner Slaght.
Mina summered and articled at the firm, where she worked on matters across a broad variety of practice areas, including professional liability, patient capacity and consent, complex commercial disputes, and class actions. Mina also has experience with arbitrations, investigations, injunctions, and appeals.
Mina graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. In law school, she volunteered her time to the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law Review, the International Human Rights Program, and Ultra Vires, the faculty’s student-run newspaper. She represented her school in the Hicks Morley Labour & Employment Law Moot as well as the Harold J. Fox Intellectual Property Moot, where she and her partner won Best Appellant Factum. Mina went on to coach the Fox Moot in her final year.
Prior to attending law school, Mina completed her Honours Bachelor of Science at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she majored in Biomedical Sciences. During her undergraduate career she was a member of TMU’s Research Ethics Board, ensuring all research conducted by faculty members abided by Canadian legal and ethical guidelines.
Mina speaks English and Pashto.
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English Montreal School Board v Attorney General of Quebec
Counsel to the intervenor, Canadian Council of Muslim Women, in an unprecedented five-day appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada in a constitutional challenge to Quebec's Bill 21, the Act respecting the laicity of the State, which prohibits government employees from wearing religious symbols when exercising their official functions.
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Overbroad Summons Thrown Overboard: Charter Limits to the OSC’s Investigatory Powers
Receipt of a summons under section 13 of Ontario’s Securities Act is no light matter. Delivered on the Ontario Securities Commission’s (OSC) official letterhead, such letters typically set out a schedule of documents that must be produced on a deadline (often a short one) and notify the reader that it is highly confidential and can be disclosed only in accordance with section 16 of the Act. The letter cautions, consistent with the Act, that non-compliance can lead to a finding of contempt by the Court.
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Supreme Court of Canada Holds that Bankruptcy May Erase Some Penalties Imposed by Regulators
In Poonian v British Columbia (Securities Commission), a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada clarified provisions in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the “BIA”) that govern when a bankrupt is not released from a claim upon an order of discharge. The Supreme Court concluded that while bankruptcy may release bankrupts from administrative penalties, it will not release them from orders to pay amounts obtained by fraud.
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Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Eight New Associates
Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to strengthen its expertise with the addition of eight exceptional associates.
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Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Summer Student Class of 2024
Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to attract top talent with the addition of 11 exceptional summer students.

