Professional Background
David Perry focuses his practice on insurance defence and environmental law and is an experienced litigator in commercial and motor vehicle defence cases. He also brings considerable skills as a negotiator and consensus builder to legal challenges involving parties holding conflicting viewpoints and is a member of the B.C. Mediator’s Roster Society. Mr. Perry has had diverse experience in resolving land use and resource disputes as counsel, chair of administrative tribunals and as a commissioner of inquiry. With his proven ability to bring together government, industry and citizen groups, he has helped to resolve several seemingly intractable environmental disputes.
Mr. Perry has acted as counsel for the provincial government, major resource companies and community groups in the course of resolving litigated and mediated resource disputes. He has acted in leading environmental law cases involving advocacy before regulators, the Environmental Appeal Board, B.C. Supreme Court, B.C. Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Saskatchewan: 1984
- Bachelor of Laws (With Distinction), University of Saskatchewan: 1987
- Called to the British Columbia Bar: 1988
Career Highlights
- Chair of public consultation process for forest licence transfer hearings, MacMillan Bloedel to Weyerhaeuser: 1999
- Commissioner of Inquiry, re Six Mile Ranch Proposal: 1998
- Chair of Forest Appeals Commission: 1996
- Chair of Environmental Appeal Board: 1996-1997
- Member of the British Columbia Mediator Roster Society
Avocations
Curling, bridge.