Saheli Sodhi
Associate
Saheli's Assistant
Biography
Saheli (they/them) has a general litigation practice with experience in corporate and commercial litigation, administrative law, and appellate law. They have assisted business, public bodies, and individuals with a range of disputes, including business and shareholder disputes, contract disputes, regulatory investigations and proceedings, and professional disciplinary investigations and proceedings. Saheli has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in British Columbia, the Law Society of British Columbia, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, and the British Columbia and Alberta securities commissions.
Saheli obtained their law degree from the University of British Columbia, where they were involved with the UBC Innocence Project and received awards for academic excellence. Saheli began working at McEwan Partners after completing their second year of law school and returned to McEwan Partners to complete their articles after graduation. Saheli is a contributor to The CanLII Manual to British Columbia Civil Litigation, The CanLII Criminal Law EBook, and The CLEBC British Columbia Civil Trial Handbook (6th edition).
Outside the office, Saheli enjoys reading and writing speculative fiction, overspending at artisan markets, and playing tabletop roleplaying games.
Education
- JD, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia (2020)
- BA, Political Science, University of British Columbia
Associations
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Vancouver Bar Association
- Junior Member, The Advocates’ Society
Bar Admissions
- British Columbia, 2021
Notable Cases
Northwest Copper Corp., 2023 BCSECCOM 451
DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd., 2023 ABASC 32
Skycope Technologies Inc. v. Jia, 2023 BCSC 1288
Stromberg v. Olafson, 2023 SKCA 67
Cole v. The Law Society of British Columbia, 2023 BCCA 199
A Lawyer v. The Law Society of British Columbia, 2021 BCCA 437
Oswald v. Start Up SRL, 2021 BCCA 352
View all Saheli's casesNews
Ken McEwan, K.C., Emily Kirkpatrick, and Saheli Sodhi successful in BC Court of Appeal on behalf of the respondent Law Society of British Columbia
In A Lawyer v. The Law Society of British Columbia, 2021 BCCA 437, Ken McEwan, K.C., Emily Kirkpatrick, and Saheli Sodhi, on behalf of the respondent Law Society of... Read more
Ken McEwan and Saheli Sodhi successful at Court of Appeal
In Oswald v. Start Up SRL, 2021 BCCA 352, Ken and Saheli successfully argued that the trial judge correctly stated and applied the test for contract formation and that... Read more