CANADA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Sujit Choudhry and Mani Kakkar Circle Barristers Circle Barristers is a litigation boutique spe - cialising in administrative law, constitutional law and class actions, and is a leading firm in cases where these practice areas intersect. Cli - ents include private individuals, corporations, politicians, Canadian and foreign governments, industry trade associations, NGOs and public sector agencies. Circle Barristers often col - laborates with other law firms. Team members
have appeared before courts across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada, On - tario Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Appeal and British Columbia Court of Appeal, and also have experience with public inquiries and arbi - trations. Using law to achieve social justice and advance the public interest, the firm helps cli - ents come full circle while pushing legal bound - aries through thoughtful, creative arguments.
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Sujit Choudhry is a leading public law litigator in Canada with broad experience in constitutional law, administrative law, public international law and international human rights law in
Mani Kakkar is a skilled litigator with a growing reputation in the area of public and administrative law. She also has extensive experience in class actions, and alongside Sujit Choudhry is
the Canadian courts, including in judicial reviews, appeals and arbitrations. He has litigated and advised in a wide variety of contexts, including social media, political party governance, public health, national security, telecommunications, aviation, labour relations, agriculture, education, social assistance, social services, gaming, democratic reform and emergency powers. For nearly two decades, Sujit was a constitutional law scholar at the University of Toronto, NYU and UC Berkeley. He has published over 100 articles, book chapters, working papers and reports, and has widespread international lecturing and speaking experience.
leading the development of Circle Barristers’ class action practice, with a particular focus on public law class actions. Mani has worked at top-tier law firms in Toronto and New York, including Proskauer Rose LLP, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, appearing before trial and appellate level courts in Ontario, British Columbia, New York, and at the federal level in Canada and the United States.
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