Kaylea M. Dunn, KC

Kaylea is a partner in the Saskatoon office where she defends both personal injury and professional liability actions, provides policy coverage opinions and advances subrogated claims. 

Kaylea practices largely in civil litigation. A member of the Firm’s Insurance Law Practice Group, she defends both personal injury and professional liability actions, provides policy coverage opinions and advances subrogated claims. She has also worked with a major natural resources company in achieving successful resolution with its insurers relating to a catastrophic property loss insurance claim. Kaylea started at McKercher as an associate in 2002 and became a partner in 2009. 

Kaylea was honoured with a Queen’s Counsel appointment in 2021. 

Kaylea has developed considerable expertise in privacy and access to information law. She has worked with local authorities, government institutions, health service providers, non-profit entities, financial institutions, and private sector businesses. 

For years Kaylea maintained a general insurance broker’s license and membership in the Insurance Brokers’ Association of Saskatchewan (IBAS). She has prepared various papers and presentations for the CBA; Risk Management Counsel of Canada; Saskatchewan Legal Education Society (SKLESI); the Saskatoon Estate Planning Council; Saskatchewan Association of Insurance Adjusters, IBAS and the Canadian Insurance Claims Managers’ Association. 

Papers

• Mopping up the Privacy Mess (SKLESI 2004) 
• The Legal Profession and Privacy: Ramifications of PIPEDA (CBA, 2004) 
• Professional Disciplinary Hearings & Related Civil Actions: How Evidentially Intertwined Are They? (Risk Management Counsel, 2004) 
• Flirting with Extra-Provincial Agri-Business: Changes to Saskatchewan’s Farm Ownership Legislation (CBA, 2003) 
• Employers’ Vicarious Liability for Acts of Employees (co-author) (SKLESI, 2002) 
• A Review of the Statutory Appraisal Provisions in Insurance Legislation Across Canada (Risk Management Counsel, 2002)