Harminder S. Dhillon
A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, Harminder S. Dhillon practices primarily in the field of family law. Mr. Harminder S. Dhillon is keeps the cultural context while arguing and settling issues involving custody, access, etc.
Mr. Harminder S. Dhillon is also a legal member of the Ontario Review Board. The Ontario Review Board has legal jurisdiction over persons charged with criminal offences but found unfit to stand trial or have been found not criminally responsible due to mental health disorders.
Mental health issues are quite challenging – what is the boundary between sanity and insanity, where lies the threshold, who & what determines the parameters, yardsticks, etc. etc. The Ontario Review Board determines their treatment plan, sentencing, rehabilitation and eventual re-integration back into mainstream community.
Harminder S. Dhillon is also a member of Legal Aid panel for Family law matters. He is a member of and fully engaged with Peel Law Association, ensuring legal issues faced by South Asian community are attended to.
Reported Cases:
- Ambey Traders Inc v AIM Ontario (Division of American Iron & Metal), 2015 CanLII 56068 (ON SCSM) https://canlii.ca/t/gl1b9
- Khan v. Khan, 2010 ONSC 5880 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/2d2g2
- Pabla v. Lalri, 2014 ONSC 3094 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/g6xvm
- Pabla v. Lalri, 2014 ONSC 2088 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/g6d62
- Bath v. Bath, 2010 ONSC 2434 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/29fjw
- Bath v. Bath, 2010 ONSC 1630 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/29fk2
- Hameed v. Hameed, 2018 ONCJ 749 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/hvrjb
- Singh v. Kour, 2020 ONSC 4864 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/j9qzf
- Kunuthur v. Govindareddigari, 2018 ONCA 730 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/http5
Education:
- Osgoode Hall Law School J.D. York University
- Harvard Law School Certificate in Negotiations & Leadership
- University of Waterloo M.A.Sc. (Electrical Engineering)
- Punjab University Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
Awards
- Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award (2012)
Professional Experience:
- Legal Member, Ontario Review Board ( 2008 – 2020)
- Law Society of Ontario
- Peel Law Association
- Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers
Community Services:
Elections Ontario
- Community Liaison Officer, Sept-Oct, 2007
Volunteer Presenter
- Mandatory Information Program (MIPs)
- Brampton Court House
South Asian Law Students Association,
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- York University,
- Member Executive
Community Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP)
- Volunteer Case Worker
Graduate Students Association,
- University of Waterloo
- Member, Board of Directors
Waterloo Indian Researchers’ Association
- University of Waterloo
- Member, Board of Directors
Graduate Students Association
- University of Waterloo
- Coordinator, Free Legal Aid Clinic for graduate students
University of Waterloo
- Member, Campus Environmental Policy Review Committee
University of Waterloo
- Member, Search Committee for Dean of Undergraduate Studies
John Howard Society, Brampton
- Bail Court Volunteer,
Brampton Court House:
- Student Volunteer
Guest on Radio Talk Shows
- Legal Information Commentary on various community radio talk shows
Punjabi Weekly (Panj Pani),
- Founder Editor
Punjabi Writers’ Forum, Brampton,
- Founder Member since 1992
National Volunteer Core, India
- Chief Volunteer Leader,
- Punjab Engineering College Unit
National Volunteer Core, India
Chief Volunteer Leader,
Punjab Engineering College Unit
