PROFILE

Iffat is a barrister and solicitor in Ontario. She maintains her own practice and has appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. She works in English and French.

She previously served as an Assistant Crown Attorney with the Ministry of the Attorney General, conducting bail hearings, pleas, judicial pre-trials, and motions, including in Domestic Violence Court and Youth Court. In private practice she has drafted materials for the Superior Court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and Federal Court judicial reviews.

Iffat has also practised in international criminal law, including at the ICTR, the ICTY, the International Criminal Court, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

She received her BA from McGill University and holds a J.D. from the United States, an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School, and an MSc in Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford (Commonwealth Scholar).

PRACTICE

Her practice focuses on criminal and immigration law.

She appears in the Ontario Court of Justice and has conducted bail hearings, pleas, judicial pre-trials, and motions, including in Domestic Violence Court and Youth Court.

In immigration matters she has acted on Federal Court judicial reviews of decisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

She works in English and French.

CONTACT

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