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Jitesh Mistry is an experienced labour arbitrator and mediator practising across Canada. Jitesh is a member of the Arbitrators’ Association of B.C., the B.C. Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau roster, and the Canadian Industrial Relations Board roster of external adjudicators.
Previously, Jitesh was a vice-chair of the B.C. Labour Relations Board, where he mediated and adjudicated a broad spectrum of issues including the acquisition and termination of bargaining rights, unfair labour practices, issues with respect to strikes and picketing, as well as appeals of collective agreement arbitration awards.
Most recently, from 2016 to 2023, Jitesh served as general counsel to the B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU), one of B.C.’s largest trade unions. In that capacity, Jitesh advised senior leadership on all legal issues, from labour and pensions to corporate restructuring, construction, and real estate development issues. As general counsel, Jitesh also led all appeals and major litigation, including: two appearances as intervenor counsel at the Supreme Court of Canada; the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls: Final Report, issued June 3, 2019; and the Cullen Commission into Money Laundering in British Columbia: Final Report, issued June 15, 2022.
Jitesh holds a B.A. and M.A. from Simon Fraser University and an LL.B. from the University of British Columbia. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2006.