Not just the biggest—also the best.

ADR Chambers has Canada’s top mediators and arbitrators.
ADR Chambers also provides training, ombuds, and other dispute resolution services throughout Canada and internationally.

ADR Chambers Named One of Canada’s Top ADR Organization by Canadian Lawyer.

In October 2018, Canadian Lawyer Magazine conducted a survey to determine the Top 3 ADR and Mediation Chambers in Canada. ADR Chambers is proud to have been selected.

Roster Rate Mediation

A time-saving and cost-effective process similar to that outlined for mandatory mediation sessions in the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure. The fees range from $600 to $825 plus HST, depending on the number of parties, and include one-half hour of preparation time for each party and up to three hours of actual mediation. For a list of the ADR Chambers roster rate mediators and for more information, please click here.

Model ADR Clauses

Click to see Model Mediation and ArbitrationClauses.

Expedited Arbitration

ADR Chambers offers fast and inexpensive Expedited Arbitration.

The fixed fee is $7,500 plus HST per party for everything including the arbitrator’s fees, the room rental fees and the administration fees. Fees are lower for In-Writing arbitrations and Final Offer Selection Arbitrations.

There is a fixed time frame so parties know exactly how long the arbitration will take. Arbitrations under the Expedited Arbitration Rules are concluded in under three months from the selection of the arbitrator to the written reasons. Read on…

To see the new Expedited Arbitration Rules, please click here.

To book an Expedited Arbitration, please contact us.

eVideo Mediation

Not everyone in a dispute is in the same city. The cost and time of traveling out of town for a mediation can be an impediment to scheduling and proceeding with a mediation. Now there’s a solution. eVideo mediations allow parties and lawyers to have a mediation in real time where people are in different cities.

Participants can see each other online, hear each other, exchange documents and jointly draft settlement agreements. All you need is a computer. We take care of the rest. Read on…

Read a Lawyers Weekly article about eVideo Mediation.

Training

Through the Stitt Feld Handy Group, ADR Chambers offers alternative dispute resolution workshops, negotiation workshops and workshops on dealing with difficult people. Please visit the Stitt Feld Handy Group website for more details.

Featured Member

Virginia M. May

Virginia May is a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Chambers. Virginia’s areas of expertise include professional negligence, medical malpractice, insurance, real estate, employment, commercial, education, First Nations, hospitals/health, estates & wills, landlord/tenant, libel and slander, oil and gas, and […]

Allan J. Stitt

Allan is the President and CEO of ADR Chambers, the largest, private alternative dispute resolution service provider in the world. ADR Chambers has administered over 55,000 mediations and arbitrations since 2012. Allan is a mediator, arbitrator, negotiation consultant, facilitator, […]

L. Leslie Dizgun

Leslie is a mediator and arbitrator with 27 years’ experience in dispute resolution. His areas of expertise include commercial disputes, contracts, libel, wrongful dismissal, workplace, franchise, real estate, and construction matters. Leslie received his LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution […]

The Honourable Robert Keith Rae

Bob Rae is an arbitrator and mediator with ADR Chambers. Bob served as Premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and has been elected ten times to both federal and provincial parliaments. He is currently the Member of Parliament […]

Peter G. Cathcart

Peter is a mediator and arbitrator, focusing on commercial disputes. Peter’s corporate and commercial law experience and negotiation and mediation training enable him to handle complex disputes in a broad range of areas. He has been an arbitrator in […]

Jonathan Flanders

Jonathan is a graduate of McGill University (B.Sc., 1975; B.C.L., 1978; LL.B., 1979) and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981.

Since his transition from a 20-year law practice to full-time mediation, Jonathan has mediated over 2,000 cases […]

Richard H. Krempulec

Richard is a mediator and arbitrator, and has mediated a wide range of disputes, including personal and economic negligence, motor vehicle accidents, property damage, business disputes compensation, general commercial matters, contract interpretations, insurance coverage, and franchise issues. Richard’s also […]

W. A. Derry Millar

Derry Millar is an arbitrator and mediator with ADR Chambers. He continues to practice law as a partner at WeirFoulds LLP. His areas of expertise include commercial, estates, environmental, insurance, aviation, products liability, and real estate matters. He acted for […]

The Honourable Donald R. Cameron

Don is a mediator and arbitrator with broad corporate and commercial experience, including insolvency and bankruptcy disputes. Don was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice in 1995, following a distinguished career in corporate and commercial, employment, and environmental […]

Edward T. McDermott

Ted has over 35 years of negotiation, mediation, and arbitration experience, and has represented numerous clients before arbitrators, administrative tribunals, and all levels of the courts in a variety of matters. He has particular expertise in all aspects of […]

Deborah C. Anschell

Deborah has extensive mediation and arbitration experience in insurance (disability, life, subrogation, occupier’s liability, fidelity bonds, motor vehicle, property and casualty, accident benefits, professional negligence), real estate, employment, health, and corporate/commercial matters. Deborah has 20 years of litigation experience, […]

Roy McPhail

Roy McPhail is a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Chambers. Roy is a professional engineer (P. Eng.) with over 40 years of experience in construction serving both the public and private sectors. Since 2014, he has been a construction […]

Ronald M. Dash

Ronald Dash is a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Chambers. Ron has experience in employment law, commercial and contract litigation, personal injury, insurance disputes, professional negligence, medical malpractice, product liability, business disputes, debtor-creditor claims, defamation, financial advisor actions, construction […]

Frank Zaid

Frank Zaid is a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Chambers, specializing in resolving domestic and international franchise disputes, as well as intellectual property and commercial disputes. Frank has 40 years of experience in business law with an emphasis on […]

Elinor Whitmore

Elinor is Vice President of the Stitt Feld Handy Group, a division of ADR Chambers, and is a mediator, facilitator, trainer, and certified professional coach. As a mediator and coach, Elinor’s primary focus is to help people resolve workplace […]