J.D., Queen's University, 2013

B.A. (Hons.), Queen's University, 2010 

• Ontario 2014

Diana has advised or represented:

Transactions

• Multiple purchasers and vendors of industrial, commercial and residential properties on environmental due diligence, including, reviewing environmental reports and operational documents, providing advice on existing and potential liabilities and negotiating sale agreements
• Environmental due diligence and transfer of environmental permits in merger and acquisition files
• Leading providers of representation and warranty insurance with respect to the adequacy of environmental diligence to assess exposure

Compliance and Approval Issues

• Clients seeking environmental compliance approvals
• Clients in relation to compliance with, and permitting, under, Part V of the Environmental Protection Act (Ontario) and Regulation 347 relating to waste issues
• Clients in relation to changes to extender producer responsibility legislation
• Clients on reporting obligations in relation to environmental incidents (findings of historic contamination, finding of groundwater migration across property boundary, discharges to air, surface and groundwater)

Litigation

• Clients appealing to the Ontario Land Tribunal in relation to Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks director's orders requiring remediation
• Clients in the aggregates and chemical manufacturing industries charged with a variety of offences under the Environmental Protection Act and Ontario Water Resources Act
• Both plaintiffs and defendants in multiple contaminated lands actions

• Ontario Legal Conference, Municipal, Planning and Environmental Law, Co-Chair, February 8-9, 2024 
• "Best Practices for Preserving Legal Privilege: Corporate Transactions," Law Society of Ontario, the Eight-Minute Environmental Lawyer, October 4, 2023 
• "Climate Change Planning, Adaptation and Disclosure," Canadian Bar Association Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit, May 4, 2023
• "Limitations Periods in Environmental Law," Ontario Bar Association Legal Conference, Municipal, Planning and Environmental Law, February 9, 2023
• "Environmental Due Diligence," Ontario Bar Association Mastering Due Diligence Program, September 28, 2021

• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association
• The Law Society of Ontario
• The Advocates' Society​
• Vice Chair, Environmental Law Section Executive Committee, Ontario Bar Association 
• Steering Committee Member, The Cambridge Forum on Environmental Law, 2nd Generation

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