Agbakwas LLP, Barristers & Solicitors
2 lawyers · York Region
One of 300 law firms listed in Vaughan, and one of 64 handling Criminal Defence.
About Agbakwas LLP, Barristers & Solicitors
Agbakwas LLP, Barristers & Solicitors is a small firm based in Toronto, Ontario, with its office on Steeles Avenue West. The firm practices criminal defence, immigration and refugee law, family law, human rights law, wills and estates, and notary services. It was built around two principals, Shedrack C. Agbakwa (NCE, LL.B., B.L, LL.M), a barrister, solicitor and notary public, and F. Nkiru Agbakwa (LL.B., B.L, LL.M), a partner focused on family law, child protection, wills and estates. Nkiru Agbakwa belongs to the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association and the Nigerian Bar Association.
Before establishing the firm, Agbakwa graduated top of the class (Gold Medalist) from the Faculty of Law at the University of Nigeria's Enugu campus in 1997, then pursued graduate legal studies in Canada, earning academic honours at Dalhousie University, Osgoode Hall Law School and York University, including the Izaak Walton Killam Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie. Agbakwa's academic writing on African human rights and international law has appeared in journals including the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal and the German Law Journal, plus a chapter in a 2009 Oxford University Press collection. The firm's day-to-day practice covers criminal, family and immigration matters across the Greater Toronto Area.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- 1997: Shedrack C. Agbakwa graduated top of the class (Gold Medalist) from the Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu campus.
- 1999: Agbakwa held the Izaak Walton Killam Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie University.
- 2001: Agbakwa received the Walter Williston Essay Prize in Civil Liberties and the Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship, both from Osgoode Hall Law School, plus the Dean of Graduate Studies Academic Excellence Award at York University.
- 2002: Agbakwa was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship.
- 2000 to 2009: Agbakwa published legal scholarship on African human rights and international law in journals including the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, the German Law Journal, the Journal of African Law and Human Rights Quarterly, and contributed a chapter to a 2009 Oxford University Press collection on access to justice.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentLawyers 2
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2006–2009 · median 18 years in practice 2 of 2 lawyers
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
The firm's office is on Steeles Avenue West in Toronto, Ontario. Rather than describing itself around a single neighbourhood, Agbakwas LLP frames its criminal, family and immigration practice as covering the wider Greater Toronto Area, including Toronto's North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke; York Region communities such as Newmarket, Woodbridge, Markham and Richmond Hill; Halton Region; Peel Region; Durham Region; and the Niagara Region. That wide catchment fits work like immigration appeals and criminal trials, which routinely take clients to courts, tribunals and federal offices well beyond the firm's own office.
Frequently asked questions
- I've been charged with a criminal offence somewhere in the GTA, can Agbakwas LLP represent me?
- Yes. The firm's criminal defence practice covers trials and appeals for clients across the Greater Toronto Area, including Toronto, York Region, Halton Region, Peel Region, Durham Region and the Niagara Region, not just its Concord office.
- Does Agbakwas LLP handle immigration appeals and detention reviews, or only new applications?
- Both. The firm's immigration and refugee practice includes admissibility hearings, detention reviews, deportation appeals, sponsorship appeals and judicial reviews at the Federal Court, alongside permanent residence, study permit, work permit and citizenship applications.
- Can Agbakwas LLP help with a discrimination complaint under the Ontario Human Rights Code?
- Human Rights Law is one of the firm's practice areas, covering matters involving the Ontario Human Rights Code's protected grounds, such as race, disability, sex, family status and citizenship.
- Does Agbakwas LLP handle family law matters like custody and separation agreements?
- Yes. Family Law and Child Protection is one of partner F. Nkiru Agbakwa's practice areas, covering custody, access, separation and cohabitation agreements, property division, child and spousal support, and child protection matters.
- Can Agbakwas LLP prepare a will or power of attorney?
- The firm's wills and estates practice covers wills, trusts, and powers of attorney for both property and personal care, and its lawyers also provide notary public services.
- Where is Agbakwas LLP located?
- The firm's office is at 3100 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 405, Toronto, Ontario.
Where to find them
3100 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 405 (Box 33), Concord, Ontario L4K 3R1 · 905-597-6148
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