Kevin Dias
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Associate at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2021
- Languages
- English
Administrative & Regulatory LawAdministrative & Regulatory LawAbout Kevin Dias
Kevin Dias handles municipal and expropriation matters as an associate in Gowling WLG's Waterloo Region office. A member of the Ontario Expropriation Association, Dias also sits on two of the firm's national teams: the Canadian Expropriation Law Group and the Municipal Law Group.
Expropriation is a subject Dias returns to often in writing and on video. With colleagues, Dias has co-written pieces on the Supreme Court of Canada's 2024 ruling in St. John's (City) v. Lynch, a Divisional Court decision on when expropriated owners stop making productive use of their land, and the three-month notice of possession rule (that last one also ran with the Ontario Expropriation Association). In the firm's yearly case reviews, Dias has walked viewers through Annapolis Group v. Halifax Regional Municipality and Nova Scotia's Tri-City Management case.
Away from the files, you'll find a keen sports fan who helps coach a community soccer clinic in the Mount Hope Breithaupt Park neighbourhood of Kitchener. Dias has also given time to the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery and Leadership Waterloo Region.
Law came after a first career. It wasn't until after a decade of client-centred work across Waterloo Region, from media relations and communications to government relations and business development, that Dias enrolled in the University of Ottawa's JD program, serving there as an associate editor of the Ottawa Law Review. The call to the Ontario bar followed in 2021.
Practice areas
Municipal and expropriation law
Dias works on municipal law and expropriation law files from the Waterloo Region office, as part of the firm's Canadian Expropriation Law Group and Municipal Law Group.
Education & credentials
- JD, English Common Law, University of Ottawa (2020)
- MA, Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University (2008)
- Double Major in History and Political Science, McMaster University (2007)
- Called to the Ontario bar (2021)
Publications & speaking
- Expropriating authorities should be on notice: The three-month notice of possession requirement remains open to challenge, Gowling WLG (republished from the Ontario Expropriation Association) (2026)
- Supreme Court of Canada decision provides guidance on the assessment of compensation for de facto expropriations, Gowling WLG (2024)
- Ontario Divisional Court reminds expropriated owners: evidence is key to productive use, Gowling WLG (2024)
- Revisiting five noteworthy expropriation cases from 2022, Gowling WLG on-demand webinar (2023)
- Revisiting five noteworthy expropriation cases from 2021, Gowling WLG on-demand webinar (2022)
Memberships & affiliations
- Ontario Expropriation Association: Dias is a member of the association.
In the community
- Dias has volunteered with Leadership Waterloo Region and the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.
- Dias helps coach a community soccer clinic in Kitchener's Mount Hope Breithaupt Park neighbourhood.
- During law school, Dias served as an associate editor of the Ottawa Law Review.
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