Diana Dorey enjoys a diverse litigation practice with Davis LLP with an emphasis on health and disability insurance, personal injury, multi-party tort litigation, class actions and employment litigation. Diana is counsel for a public auto insurer, and is local counsel for two national lease financing companies and their industry association providing advice and representation in complex motor vehicle injury claims, including issues involving statutory vicarious liability. She advises on insurance matters for corporate, banking and insurance clients, and acts for a national insurance company and two British Columbia financial institutions in disputes involving employment, disability, group and individual benefits. Diana currently serves as a Director for the Canadian Bar Insurance Association, and Canadian Bar Financial Services Corporation.
Diana has appeared as counsel at all court levels in British Columbia as well as before the Federal Court of Canada, both Trial and Appellate Divisions, and the Workers' Compensation Board.
Background
Diana received her Bachelor of Arts degree in criminology with First Class Honours from Simon Fraser University in 1986. She received numerous awards and scholarships in the course of her studies including the British Commonwealth Scholarship for post-graduate studies at the University of Cambridge. She obtained a Masters of Philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge in criminology in 1987. She then studied law at the University of British Columbia and obtained her law degree in 1990.
Prior to joining Davis, Ms. Dorey was a law clerk to the Honourable Chief Justice Esson and the Honourable Associate Chief Justice Campbell of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Recognition
· 2004-2005 recipient of the President's Medal for volunteer service to the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch)
Directorships, Memberships & Professional Activities
· Director, the Canadian Bar Insurance Association
· Director, Canadian Bar Financial Services Corporation
· Director, Legal Profession Assistance Conference
· Elected Member, Provincial Council, Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch, 2000-2006, re-elected June, 2008 to present; Officer Executive Committee, 2002-2004.
· Executive Member, Women Lawyers Forum 2008-2010; Member, Mentoring Committee, 2003-2005
· Editorial Board Member, National Magazine
Publications & Seminars
· Speaker, "Long Term Disability Benefits", Legal Profession Assistance Conference, Annual Symposium, November 2009
· Co-author for "Emerging Trends in Motor Vehicle Liability and Speaker Damage Awards," Canadian Institute, Provincial/Municipal Government Liability Conference, Toronto, Ontario, February 8, 2008.
Volunteer Work
Volunteer, Legal Advocacy Program, M.S. Society of British Columbia
Volunteer, Access Justice, Pro Bono Law
Publications
Case Comment: McEvoy vs McEachnie - Insurance Law Bulletin January 2009
Emerging Trends in Motor Vehicle Liability and Damage Awards
Insurance Law Bulletin: Vicarious Liability Cap Now in Force in British Columbia
Insurance Law: Supreme Court of Canada Confirms Vehicle Lessors Vicariously Liable
B.C. Supreme Court Rules Compelling Disclosure of Insurance
Vehicle Lessors Now Vicariously Liable under the BC Motor Vehicles Act
Some Aspects of Disability Insurance
The Good Faith Obligation: A Comment on the Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Company
Counsel to Management Vol.1 No.7 2001: Update on Employer Host Liability