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Happy Holiday and a Successful New Year! Paul M. Iacono, Q.C., President, is pleased to announce our new panelist, JOHN BEAUCAGE, who joins our outstanding group of Alternative Dispute Resolution specialists. New published article posted to Articles page, "Opening the Door to Resolution: How does ADR Facilitate the Resolution of Property Losses" by Peter R. Braund, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., LL.M. To schedule a mediation, arbitration or appraisal, please telephone our ADR Coordinator, Stephanie Ortega, at 416-866-2400 or e-mail at adradmin@yorkstreet.ca. View full Bio's for all YorkStreet mediators on Panelist page of this web site. |
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COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION UNDER ONTARIO'S NEW COMMERCIAL MEDIATION ACT, 2010 by Peter R. Braund, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., LL.M.
Ontario's new Commercial Mediation Act, 2010 came into force on October 25, 2010 as part of the province's Open for Business Act, 2010. The CMA makes Ontario the second Canadian jurisdiction, after Nova Scotia, to adopt legislation based on the UNCITRAL (the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation (2002)). Similar legislation has been enacted in a number of U.S. states.
The primary purposes of the CMA are to: . . .
MEDIATION ADVOCACY THE ART OF PERSUASION by Paul M. Iacono, Q.C., B.A., LL.B.
When viewing the entire landscape of dispute resolution, it is clear that in today's world mediation is by far the most popular. Every form of dispute resolution involves advocacy. Be perfectly clear, however, that mediation requires a different kind of advocacy. It is not an adversarial setting. It is ultimately about persuasion. The mediation process itself is about compromise and crafting solutions. It is about two opponents building a bridge together, which will allow each of them to close an unpleasant chapter in their clients’ lives ...
PETER R. BRAUND: LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS*
Copies of Peter Braund's "RECENT PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS" can be obtained by calling 416-866-2400 or emailing pbraund@yorkstreet.ca
ADR STRATEGIES IN THE ERA OF PROPORTIONALITY by Paul M. Iacono, Q.C., B.A., LL.B.
Every lawyer in Ontario whose practice involves any aspect of civil litigation is well aware of certain jurisdictional changes that are pending; combined with certain changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure, all of which are scheduled to take place effective January 1, 2010.
ADR - A SECOND LOOK by Paul M. Iacono, Q.C., B.A., LL.B.
"... I am still left with the impression that our American colleagues are being dragged, kicking and screaming, to the mediation table. The opposite is happening here in the Province of Ontario."