Jeswant Singh,

Jeswant Singh is a paralegal in the Vancouver office of Lawson Lundell LLP. He joined the firm in 2009 and has 8 years of experience dealing with realization of consumer debt, primarily residential foreclosures and unsecured consumer debt products. Jeswant completed his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of London in 1989 and is a member of the Malaysian Bar Association.

In addition, Jeswant has worked in other complementary legal fields such as conveyancing, preparing appeals to Worksafe BC Appeals Tribunal and Judicial Reviews to the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

His range of experience includes preparing demand letters for civil litigation matters involving personal injury claims, breach of contract and wrongful dismissal claims.

Experience

Jeswant’s current responsibilities involve the full file management of consumer recovery litigation matters, which includes:

• Communicating with the various stakeholders, including clients and debtors, throughout the process;
• Instructing property managers and agents on behalf of the creditors;
• Drafting various court documents and court orders pronounced as a result;
• Assembling financial information from debtors to assist with negotiated settlements, where appropriate;
• Preparing payout statements and arranging for discharge of security/judgments;
• Maintaining event diary systems.

Professional activities

• Malaysian Bar Association, Member