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

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 Daniel H. Tingley

Mr. Tingley is an arbitrator and mediator with ADR Chambers. His areas of expertise include insurance, real estate, employment, commercial and taxation matters. He has rendered numerous arbitral decisions, conducted several mediations, chaired an investigative committee and acted as […]

Ellen Fry

Ellen is a mediator, arbitrator and investigator with ADR Chambers, with extensive experience as a tribunal adjudicator, ombudsman and the director of in-house legal departments. Ellen has been a sought-after speaker on tribunal adjudication and advocacy and ombudsman work […]

Derek Sarluis

Derek is a mediator and investigator with ADR Chambers. Derek brings 37 years of insurance experience to his mediation practice with expertise in personal injury, product liability, professional liability, property and casualty, reinsurance and medical malpractice disputes. Derek spent […]

John A. Campion

John Campion, B.A. (Western), J.D. (Tor), FCIArb, Mediation (Harvard), Emeritus Bencher (2000-2015), Certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, is an arbitrator and mediator with ADR Chambers. In his more than 40 years […]

John Beaucage

John is a mediator and investigator with ADR Chambers. John’s areas of expertise include commercial matters, partnership and bankruptcy disputes, real estate, construction and engineering, environmental, family and First Nations disputes. John is a graduate of the University of Western […]

John Cannings

John Cannings is a mediator with ADR Chambers. John’s areas of expertise include a full spectrum of negligence, contract, and insurance law, with an emphasis on professional liability and construction law. Since 2008 he has mediated civil litigation cases […]

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 […]

Charles A. Harnick

Charles is a mediator, arbitrator and investigator with ADR Chambers. Charles’ main focus is mediating insurance matters. He has conducted several hundred mediations in personal injury, life and disability, medical malpractice, product and professional liability, and property and casualty. […]

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 […]

Barry S. Arbus

Barry is an experienced mediator and arbitrator who specializes in business and corporate matters, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions. Barry has mediated and arbitrated two-party and multi-party matters in automotive, entertainment, hospitality, food, communications, commodities, agriculture, and […]

Jeffrey Freedlander

Jeff is a mediator with ADR Chambers. Jeff is an insurance neutral with experience in personal injury, general liability, property and casualty and professional liability cases, including disputes relating to health professionals. He has significant experience in insurance matters […]

Kimberly Cork

Kimberly Cork is a mediator, facilitator, and conciliator, with over 20 years of experience with a major Canadian life and disability insurer. Since joining ADR Chambers in January 2012, Kimberly has mediated numerous disputes involving accident benefits, tort claims, […]

Thomas I. A. Allen

Tom is an arbitrator and mediator with ADR Chambers for both domestic and international commercial disputes. Tom has extensive experience as a neutral in the financial services industry and disputes involving mining, oil and gas, telecommunications, aviation, environmental matters, […]

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 […]