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Anisah Hassan

Partner

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Tel: +1 647 710 7511

Email: ahassan@tyrllp.com

Bar Admissions: Ontario, 2014

Practice Areas:

  • Arbitration
  • Class Action Defence
    • Advertising & Consumer Claims
    • Appellate Litigation
    • Commercial Disputes
    • Competition & Anti-Trust Litigation
    • Defamation Claims
    • Public Interest & Constitutional Litigation
  • Investigations & Regulatory Defence
  • Privacy & Technology Disputes
  • Shareholder, Partnership & Securities Disputes

Anisah is a skilled advocate who can distill complex disputes into clear and precise issues in order to develop strategies to achieve her client's objectives.

Anisah has a broad trial practice. She has experience dealing with a variety of matters, including contractual disputes, intellectual property, securities law, complex international arbitrations and class actions. She has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Ontario, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, and in international commercial arbitrations.

Anisah has particular experience with technology-related cases and companies, both in litigating cases that focus on emerging technology and in deploying new technologies to make the litigation process more efficient. She was involved in a trial that was featured in the Financial Times' ranking of Most Innovative North American Law Firms 2016. She acts regularly for Google and completed a secondment with Google Canada in 2019-2020.

Anisah is fluent in English and French and is a former National Bilingual Debate Champion.

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174365 Alberta Ltd. et al. v. Sandy Hutchens et al. ACT Greenwood Ltd. v. Desjardins-McLeod Baffinland Iron Mines LP and Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation v. Tower-EBC G.P./s.e.n.c. Collection Sites LLC and Medivolve Inc. ats Besser Brands Inc. Crawford Bayley & Co. and Sanjay Asher ats KYKO Global Inc. Euro Sun Mining Inc. ats Maguran Google Canada Corporation et al. ats Maureen Henry Google LLC ats Ahmad Mohammad Google LLC ats Collett Thorpe and Yunaland Inc. Google LLC ats John Doe re Claims of Privacy Breach Google LLC ats Obsidian Group Inc. Google LLC et al. ats Pass Herald Ltd. Google LLC Reference re Subsection 18.3(1) of the Federal Courts Act Hardinge Inc. ats Oz Optics Ltd. HudBay Minerals Inc. re Constancia Mine Maya Corp. o/a Rebel Cabana v. Registrar, Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario Act, 2019 Medivolve Inc. v. JSC Chukotka Mining and Geological Company Powerhouse Corporation Professional Defamation Québec-Based Client in the Retail Products Industry Re Money Gate Corp et al. Robert Schad and Athena Automation Ltd. ats Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Rogers Communications Inc. et al. ats Douglas Cardinal Rogers Communications Inc. re System Access Fees Sistem Muhendislik Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi v. Kyrgyz Republic Waze Mobile Ltd. We Serve Health Care LP v. Onasanya et al.
Publications
  • "Seismic Shift or Minor Modification? Interpreting the Supreme Court's Decision in Teva Canada Ltd. v. TD Canada Trust" (2019) 89 S.C.L.R.(2d) 171.
  • "Developments in the Law of Evidence: The 2019-2020 Term" (2021) 101 S.C.L.R. (2d) 113.
  • "Developments in the Law of Evidence: The 2018-2019 Term" (2020) 95 S.C.L.R. (2d) 73.
  • "Developments in the Law of Evidence: The 2017-2018 Term" (2019) 89 S.C.L.R. (2d) 39.
  • "Developments in the Law of Evidence: The 2016-2017 Term" (2018) 82 S.C.L.R. (2d) 31.
Professional Affiliations
  • The Advocates' Society
Education
  • University of Toronto, JD, 2013
  • Queen's University, BSc (Physics), 2009
  • Benchmark Canada — Litigation Star  (2024)
  • Canadian National University Debating Championships — Winner
  • North American Women's Debating Championships — Top Speaker
  • Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot, Canadian Division — Top Oralist
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch  (2024 Edition);  Corporate and Commercial Litigation