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Case comment/note, Mediation

Costs Considerations of Informal Settlement...

The ABQB concludes in Chisholm v Lindsay  that informal offers to settle, in whatever form, may be considered

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Arbitration, Mediation

Persuasion

“You persuade a [person] only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image,

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Arbitration, Case comment/note, In the News

Notices Not Mandatory in Alberta...

The ABQB has held that neither written notice of defects within a prescribed time nor notice for conciliation

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In the News, Mediation

A More Reasonable Offer

The Globe and Mail today says researchers have found that offering a precise number, such as $4,925, resulted

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Arbitration, In the News

Canadian Transportation Agency Arbitrators

The CTA recently reviewed its list of arbitrators, using agency staff and an independent expert to assess prospective

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In the News, Newsletters

February 2013 ADR Update

QB ARBITRATION DECISION: A homeowner brought arbitration proceedings against a luxury homebuilder, and I issued an award. The builder

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Arbitration, Case comment/note, In the News

Arbitration Award Renders Claim Res...

ABQB says my arbitration award renders the issue of set-off res judicata. The court has discretion not to

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Arbitration, Case comment/note

Stay of Proceedings Pending Arbitration

The ABCA has upheld an ABQB decision to stay proceedings by a 3rd party pending arbitration between others. See Yaworski

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In the News

Exemptions from Dispute Resolution Requirements

As noted in my February 2012 Newsletter, Mahoney J declined to grant a DRP exemption in IBM v

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Arbitration, Case comment/note, In the News

QB Statement of Claim Does...

Clackson J in Lafarge Canada Inc. v Edmonton (City) 2012 ABQB 634 says a Statement of Claim “serves

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Calgary AB T2S 2C4


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