Priya Parihar
COUNSEL | BARRISTER
PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial Litigation & Appellate Advocacy
Securities & Regulatory
Administrative Law, Appeals & Class Proceedings
Tax Disputes
Priya’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on regulatory disputes, including securities and professional discipline matters. She also has considerable experience with a broad range of business disputes, including shareholder and contractual disputes.
CONTACT
778.765.3804
priya.parihar@jiwajilaw.ca
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Priya maintains a practice focused on complex commercial litigation with particular depth in securities enforcement investigations and professional discipline matters.
Priya brings a pragmatic and thoughtful approach to her practice, taking the time to understand her clients’ objectives and the broader considerations underlying their disputes. She is committed to providing clear, practical advice and developing strategies that account for both the legal and commercial realities of each matter.
Before joining Jiwaji Law, Priya practised in a leading commercial and securities litigation group at a national law firm, where she represented corporate and individual clients in a wide range of commercial and regulatory disputes. She has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia and has experience in trials, appeals, injunctions and chambers applications.
Raised in the Lower Mainland, Priya attended Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law, where she served as Co-President of the Women in Law Organisation, assisting women law students in building their professional networks. Before law school, Priya earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology from the University of Western Ontario, where she served on Faculty Council, assisting in organizing charitable events for local youth organizations.
Education
Thompson Rivers University, J.D., 2023
Western University, B.A. (Honours), 2020
Bar Admissions
British Columbia, 2024
NOTABLE CASES
Red Branch Investments Limited v. Long, 2026 BCCA 376 (CanLII)
Appellate Practice
Counsel for the successful appellants at the British Columbia Court of Appeal on the materiality test for setting aside a judgment obtained through perjury, securing a new trial of a mining royalty dispute and the setting aside of the costs orders below.
Seylynn (North Shore) Development Limited Partnership v. Seylynn (North Shore) MP Ltd., 2026 BCCA 78 (CanLII)
Appellate Practice / Arbitration
Counsel for the respondent general partner at the British Columbia Court of Appeal in successfully opposing an application to vary the denial of leave to appeal an arbitral costs award under the Arbitration Act.
Harder v. InCor Holdings Limited, 2024 BCSC 2285 (CanLII)
Commercial Litigation / Contempt
Counsel for the plaintiffs in obtaining judgment by summary trial on more than $8 million in unpaid loans, a declaration that three defendants were in contempt of Mareva disclosure orders, an order to post security for good behaviour, and special costs.
Red Branch Investments Limited v. Long, 2025 BCSC 468 (CanLII)
Civil Litigation / Costs
Counsel for the plaintiffs in successfully setting aside a prior special costs award against them, on the basis that the defendant’s perjury at the first trial disentitled him to special costs.