Avon Mersey, partner, is the National Chair of the firm's Insurance and Product Liability Practice Group. He has been practising exclusively in civil litigation for more than 35 years. Avon concentrates on insurance defence, aviation and product liability. He has defended product liability claims, professional liability claims, claims for disability and life carriers, aviation insurers, motor vehicle carriers, C.G.L. carriers, fire and property carriers, excess carriers, and environmental risk carriers such as in asbestos litigation. He has appeared as counsel at all levels of court, including the British Columbia Supreme Court, British Columbia Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Avon has represented clients on a variety of insurance related matters including coverage. He has an appellate practice and has argued coverage, liability, and conflict of law test cases before the British Columbia Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Avon is the B.C. Contributing Editor to the Insurance Law Journal, published by Federated Press.
Avon provides legal services through Avon Mersey Law Corporation.
Honours and Awards
- Inducted as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, 2007
- Listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (2007 Carswell-Thomson) as an expert in aviation matters - January 2007
- AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell law directory (the highest category) - November 2006
- Listed as a leading lawyer in the area of Insurance (Canada) by Practical Law Company Cross border Insurance Handbook 2009/10
- The Best Lawyers in Canada® 2012, Aviation Law & Transportation Law
- The Best Lawyers in Canada® 2011, Transportation Law
- Listed as a leading lawyer in the area of Insurance (Canada) by Practical Law Company Cross border Insurance Handbook 2010/11
Membership/Affiliations
- Litigation, Aviation & Insurance Sections, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
- Aviation Insurance Association of America (AIA)
- Aviation Transportation Association of Canada (ATAC)
- Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
- Defense Research Institute (U.S.A.) (DRI)