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

COVID-19 update

ADR Chambers is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our employees, members and clients conducting business with us. As the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and our community is rapidly increasing and evolving, we are taking immediate steps to ensure a safe environment for our employees, panel members, clients and guests.

ADR Chambers is continuously monitoring information from official health organizations and planning and adjusting for business continuity in changing scenarios. As circumstances change, ADR Chambers continues to adapt our plans and protocols to address the safety of our people, our clients, and others with whom we work.

ADR Chambers’ mediators, arbitrators and investigators remain available to our clients and are able to provide their services online. Mediations, arbitrations and investigations may now be conducted by videoconference through Zoom. Parties and their lawyers can participate in real time from different locations. Participants can see each other online, hear each other, caucus with their own side, exchange documents and jointly draft settlement agreements. All you need is a computer and access to a secure internet connection. We take care of the rest. There are no additional fees associated with this service. Learn more about eVideo using Zoom. Mediations over the phone are also available using conference calling.

If an in-person mediation or arbitration is required, ADR Chambers will ensure all necessary precautions are taken to comply with the latest protocols from public health.

As we all continue to monitor the impact and progress of the pandemic, know that our thoughts are with everyone whose lives and businesses have been affected to date.

For more information on ADR Chambers COVID-19 protocols, please click on the following link: COVID-19.

ADR Chambers named as Authorized Nominating Authority by Ministry of Attorney General.

July 18, 2019 – Ontario is cutting red tape to support jobs and growth in the construction industry. The changes will help workers and businesses resolve disputes faster and get paid on time. read more

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

In 2019, 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.

eVideo (Zoom) Mediation

Ensuring the health and safety of our people and clients is our top priority right now. Given the growth in the number of cases of COVID-19 in Canada, and continued uncertainty around the world, we are undertaking additional measures to protect those involved in mediations booked with us.

Not everyone in a dispute needs to be in the same office. eVideo mediations via Zoom allow parties and lawyers to have a mediation in real time where people are in different locations. 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. There are no additional fees associated with this services. Read on…

Read a Lawyers Weekly article about eVideo Mediation.

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 Arbitration Clauses.

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.

Upcoming CMA and CAA events

Canadian Mediation Association (CMA) annual continuing education program 2020

This year, the Canadian Mediation Association (CMA) annual continuing education program for members will take place the morning of Monday, May 4, 2020, at ADR Chambers (180 Duncan Mill Road, 4th floor, Toronto). A light breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. with the conference running from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch will follow. Read on…

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

Alicia Kuin

Alicia is a mediator with ADR Chambers and Conflict Management Practitioner for the Director General Alternative Dispute Resolution with the Canadian Federal Government. Alicia has served as a neutral in over 600 cases and has experience with First Nations […]

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 […]

Peter Braund

Peter is a mediator, arbitrator, appraiser, umpire and neutral evaluator with ADR Chambers. Peter has significant experience in resolving the following types of disputes: insurance (personal injury, professional negligence, product liability, accident benefits), construction, commercial, and property disputes. Peter […]

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 […]

Cindy Winer

Cindy is a mediator and investigator with ADR Chambers. Cindy mediates long term disability, personal injury, employment, property and casualty and reinsurance disputes. Her areas of expertise include insurance, employment, workplace, franchise and commercial disputes. Cindy has considerable background […]

J.A. (Tony) Baker

Tony is a mediator, arbitrator and investigator with ADR Chambers. Tony’s areas of expertise include insurance, estates, arts & entertainment, media & communications, real estate, small business, commercial, health care, and workplace disputes. Tony taught negotiation and mediation at […]

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. […]

Louie Reznick

Louie Reznick is a mediator and arbitrator. Louie has experience handling difficult cases and demanding clients, and knows how to bring matters to resolution. Louie acts as a facilitator, establishing a framework where disputing parties come to recognize that agreement […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Ernie Eves

Ernie is an arbitrator, mediator and investigator with ADR Chambers. Ernie is an arbitrator with expertise in commercial matters, corporate disputes, contracts, business succession, partnership disputes, investment dealers, securities and banking. His range of knowledge includes real estate, human […]

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 […]

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 […]

Andrew M. Diamond

Andrew is a leading, Toronto-based mediator and arbitrator with over 14 years’ experience as a third party neutral in the public and private sectors. Andrew’s mediation and arbitration practice focuses on: employment law matters including, wrongful dismissal, harassment and […]