ADRIC WEBINAR SERIES RECORDINGS available on demand:
ADRIC 2021: Culture, Conflict and Confluence – A Webinar Series
ADRIC 2021 Webinar Series – Recordings available on demand at only $35 (and some are no charge). CEE and CPD points accredited – Click here to order.
- Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and Climate Justice – recorded on September 29, 2021
- Diversity and ADR: an Advocates’ Perspective and Why it Matters for Your Case Recorded on November 25
- The Problem with Reconciliation Recorded on September 30, 2021
- Technology and Culture–Sensitive ADR Recorded on October 7, 2021
- Gender Awareness 101 for Dispute Resolution Professionals Recorded on October 13, 2021
- Increasing Police Legitimacy and Effectiveness in a Diverse World Recorded on October 27, 2021
- Clash of Cultures or Melding of Cultures? Opportunities in Diversity Recorded on November 3, 2021
- Trauma Informed Dispute Resolution – a Practical Process Recorded on November 24, 2021
- Best Practices in ADR through a Multi-faith Lens: Successes and Challenges Recorded on December 1,2021
ADRIC FREE RECORDINGS available on demand:
- ADRIC’s Presentation for CanArbWeek 2020 – recorded September 23, 2020
- An Introduction to A Model Framework for Construction Adjudication across Canada – recorded April 28, 2021
- Construction Adjudication in Infrastructure Contracts – Perspectives from Four Adjudicators – recorded June 25, 2021
ADRIC 2020 Diversity in ADR Series
- 1 – Listening Circle: What is Diversity, Inclusion and Truth and Reconciliation recorded October 14, 2020
- 2 – Allyship: Authentic vs Performative – recorded October 21, 2020
- 3 – Voice and Choice: Power, Privilege and Reconciliation – Understanding and Recognizing in Ourselves and Our Clients recorded October 28, 2020
- 4 – The Value of Inclusion in ADR: Learning from Non-Mainstream Practitioners – recorded November 4, 2020
- 5 – Changing Systemic Biases and Discriminatory Practices in Organizations – recorded November 10, 2020
- 6 – A Trauma -Informed Approach to Managing ADR Part 1 – recorded November 18, 2020 We regret this recording is no longer available.
- 6b – Trauma-Informed ADR: How to Support Clients Part 2 – recorded January 27, 2021 We regret this recording is no longer available.
- 6c – Trauma-Informed ADR – Part 3 – recorded April 7, 2021 We regret this recording is no longer available.
- 7 – A Brave Space: Ask Your Questions without Being Judged – recorded November 25, 2020
- 8 – Sharing Circle: Moving our Practices and Organizations Forward, and Advancing the Process of Truth and Reconciliation – recorded December 2, 2020
Ongoing, on demand: ADRIC 2020 Clarity in Conflict Resolution – Webinar And Videoconference Series – recordings available on demand at only $35. – CPD points accredited _ click here to order
Webinars to Assist Members During the Start of the Pandemic
- Options for Online Dispute Resolution: An Introduction to Using Zoom – recorded March 23, 2020
- Gaining Proficiency and Understanding ODR using Zoom – recorded April 8, 2020
- Comprendre les bases de la médiation en ligne : Introduction à l’utilisation de Zoom et conseils pratiques – recorded April 15, 2020
- Transference / Compassion Fatigue – recorded May 13, 2020
- Everything’s Changed: What Do We Do Now? – recorded May 27, 2020
- You Can’t Un-ring the Bell: Lessons Learned – recorded June 10, 2020
- Mental Health in the Age of Dramatic Change and Uncertainty – recorded June 17, 2020
- Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda …GONNA ! – recorded July 8, 2020
Other ADRIC webinars
- Workplace Claims and Solutions – recorded June 13, 2019
- see our YouTube Channel for more recordings
The week's events
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ADRIC 2020 - Uses and Abuses of Arbitration: Uber and Beyond
ADRIC 2020 - Uses and Abuses of Arbitration: Uber and Beyond
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août 14, 2020Uses and Abuses of Arbitration: Uber and Beyond
Friday August 14, 12:30 – 2 pm ET
REGISTER NOW (Deadline to register is August 12, 11:59 pm ET)
Chair: Michael Schafler (Chair) BA, LL.B, Q.Arb, Dentons Canada LLP
Jonathan Eades Legal Counsel, Civil Litigation, Government of BC
Alyssa King AB, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Myriam Seers, LL.B., Torys LLP
Margaret L. Waddell, LLB, LLM, Partner, Waddell Phillips PC- The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Uber v Heller
- Unconscionability as a defence to stay applications
- Has arbitration become a tool to limit access to justice and defeat legal rights
- Is competence-competence a benefit or barrier to arbitration, in relation to uneconomic claims
- In the wake of the decision of the SCC can arbitration ever be a ground for resisting a class action where certification criteria are met
Michael Schafler (Chair) BA, LL.B, Q.Arb, Dentons Canada LLP
Mike’s practice is focused on sophisticated commercial disputes, emphasizing commercial arbitration. He has acted as counsel in many commercial arbitration matters, both domestic and international, and ad hoc and institutional, including ICC, ICDR and ADRIC. He has acted for clients in a number of industry sectors, including construction, energy, forestry, professional liability and mining. He just completed an eight-day virtual ICC hearing involving a US$50 million claim.
Jonathan Eades Legal Counsel, Civil Litigation, Government of BC
Jonathan Eades is a senior counsel with the Ministry of Attorney General in Victoria. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada in 1995 and was called to the BC Bar with Davis & Co. He practiced on Bay Street, and then spent several years with a major international law firm in Paris working exclusively on ICC and ICSID commercial and investment treaty arbitration disputes. He continues a domestic and international arbitration practice with the Ministry, working closely with Canada in international disputes involving BC, including the Softwood Lumber file and NAFTA Chapter 11 challenges. He has appeared as counsel at the Supreme Court on multiple occasions, including in leading arbitration cases such as Sattva v. Creston Moly, Wellman v. TELUS, and, next month, in Wastech v GVSDD. He is co-chair of the Attorney General's Arbitration Advisory Group, a group of arbitration specialists recommending reform of BC's international and domestic arbitration statutes.
Alyssa King AB, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Alyssa King studies how adjudicators define their own roles and sources of legitimacy as well as issues of access to justice. She is particularly interested in the intersection of normative systems through mechanisms such as federalism, arbitration, and the reception of international law.
She comes to Queen’s from Yale Law School, where she is a PhD candidate and an Affiliate Fellow with the school’s Information Society Project. She received her JD from Yale Law School in 2012, and was an executive editor of the Yale Journal of International Law and a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Master 2 from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. A member of the New York Bar, she previously clerked for Judge Barrington D. Parker of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York.
Myriam Seers, LL.B., Torys LLP
Myriam practices litigation and dispute resolution at Torys LLP, with a particular focus on investor-state arbitration, international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation involving clients in the mining, electricity, oil & gas and transportation sectors.
Myriam has appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, in international arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL and ICC Rules, in all levels of Ontario and Canadian federal courts, before Ontario administrative tribunals including the Ontario Energy Board and the Environmental Review Tribunal, and in domestic arbitrations. In 2019 and 2020, she was recognized by the global publication Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader for Arbitration, one of the few arbitration counsel in Canada to have received this recognition.
Myriam is active in teaching advocacy skills. She has participated as a faculty member for the Foundation for International Advocacy (FIAA)'s Workshop on Questioning Fact Witnesses in International Arbitration delivered in Bogotá, Colombia, in Geneva, Switzerland and in Paris, France. She has also participated as an advocacy skills adviser for the Law Practice Program at Ryerson University, and co-leads Torys' internal advocacy training programs. Myriam has completed several advanced advocacy courses, including FIAA's Workshop on Questioning Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration held at the Geneva Graduate Institute, as well as the Osgoode Hall Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop.
Margaret L. Waddell, LLB, LLM, Partner, Waddell Phillips PC
Margaret L. Waddell brings to her clients over 30 years of experience in successfully prosecuting and resolving Class Actions and Complex Civil Disputes. Margaret has acted as class counsel on a variety of prominent and precedent-setting cases covering a spectrum of practice areas from consumer protection to securities fraud to product liability, often with multijurisdictional issues. She is regularly sought out to lead on class actions, and to partner with other firms looking to deepen their bench strength.
Margaret also has broad experience in solving all manner of commercial conflicts, including shareholder oppression, contract disputes, executive wrongful dismissals, injunctions, and insurance coverage issues.
Margaret is actively sought as, and a regular presenter at continuing education programs speaking on a wide range of substantive, procedural and advocacy topics. She was an adjunct professor of law at Queen’s University, where she developed a course and taught Class Action Practice and Procedure. She is called to the Bar in both Ontario and Alberta.
Margaret is the Past President of the Toronto Lawyers’ Association, Co-Chair of the Toronoto Lawyers’ Association’s Advocacy Committee, Past Chair of The Advocates’ Society’s Class Action practice group (2018/19), Past Chair (2015/16) of the Ontario Bar Association’s Class Action Executive, and was a Member (2016/18) of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Class Actions Task Force on Multijurisdictional Proceedings, and a former board member and Past Chair of The Advocates’ Society’s Subcommittee on Advocacy and Practice.
Professional Development Accreditation:
- ADRIC designation holders earn 3 Continuing Education & Engagement (CEE) points
- CPD accreditation received to date for this webinar (pending from other Law Societies across Canada):
- Law Society of British Columbia: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of New Brunswick: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of Saskatchewan: 1.5 hours
Register Now!
Let's review the decision of the SCC in Uber v Heller and unconscionability as a defence to stay applications.
Prochains événements
- Séries Webinaires et Vidéo-conférences : IAMC 2020 – Une vision claire de la résolution des conflits
Accès continu aux événements et aux webinaires
Webinaires gratuits de l’ADRIC disponibles sur demande :
- Mental Health in the Age of Dramatic Change and Uncertainty – recorded June 17, 2020
- You Can’t Un-ring the Bell*: Lessons Learned – recorded June 10, 2020
- Everything’s Changed: What Do We Do Now? – recorded May 27, 2020
- Comprendre les bases de la médiation en ligne : Introduction à l’utilisation de Zoom et conseils pratiques – recorded April 15, 2020
- Gaining Proficiency and Understanding ODR using Zoom – recorded April 8, 2020
- Options for Online Dispute Resolution: An Introduction to Using Zoom – recorded March 23, 2020
- Workplace Claims and Solutions – recorded June 13, 2019
The week's events
-
ADRIC 2020 - Uses and Abuses of Arbitration: Uber and Beyond
ADRIC 2020 - Uses and Abuses of Arbitration: Uber and Beyond
–
août 14, 2020Uses and Abuses of Arbitration: Uber and Beyond
Friday August 14, 12:30 – 2 pm ET
REGISTER NOW (Deadline to register is August 12, 11:59 pm ET)
Chair: Michael Schafler (Chair) BA, LL.B, Q.Arb, Dentons Canada LLP
Jonathan Eades Legal Counsel, Civil Litigation, Government of BC
Alyssa King AB, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Myriam Seers, LL.B., Torys LLP
Margaret L. Waddell, LLB, LLM, Partner, Waddell Phillips PC- The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Uber v Heller
- Unconscionability as a defence to stay applications
- Has arbitration become a tool to limit access to justice and defeat legal rights
- Is competence-competence a benefit or barrier to arbitration, in relation to uneconomic claims
- In the wake of the decision of the SCC can arbitration ever be a ground for resisting a class action where certification criteria are met
Michael Schafler (Chair) BA, LL.B, Q.Arb, Dentons Canada LLP
Mike’s practice is focused on sophisticated commercial disputes, emphasizing commercial arbitration. He has acted as counsel in many commercial arbitration matters, both domestic and international, and ad hoc and institutional, including ICC, ICDR and ADRIC. He has acted for clients in a number of industry sectors, including construction, energy, forestry, professional liability and mining. He just completed an eight-day virtual ICC hearing involving a US$50 million claim.
Jonathan Eades Legal Counsel, Civil Litigation, Government of BC
Jonathan Eades is a senior counsel with the Ministry of Attorney General in Victoria. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada in 1995 and was called to the BC Bar with Davis & Co. He practiced on Bay Street, and then spent several years with a major international law firm in Paris working exclusively on ICC and ICSID commercial and investment treaty arbitration disputes. He continues a domestic and international arbitration practice with the Ministry, working closely with Canada in international disputes involving BC, including the Softwood Lumber file and NAFTA Chapter 11 challenges. He has appeared as counsel at the Supreme Court on multiple occasions, including in leading arbitration cases such as Sattva v. Creston Moly, Wellman v. TELUS, and, next month, in Wastech v GVSDD. He is co-chair of the Attorney General's Arbitration Advisory Group, a group of arbitration specialists recommending reform of BC's international and domestic arbitration statutes.
Alyssa King AB, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Alyssa King studies how adjudicators define their own roles and sources of legitimacy as well as issues of access to justice. She is particularly interested in the intersection of normative systems through mechanisms such as federalism, arbitration, and the reception of international law.
She comes to Queen’s from Yale Law School, where she is a PhD candidate and an Affiliate Fellow with the school’s Information Society Project. She received her JD from Yale Law School in 2012, and was an executive editor of the Yale Journal of International Law and a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Master 2 from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. A member of the New York Bar, she previously clerked for Judge Barrington D. Parker of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York.
Myriam Seers, LL.B., Torys LLP
Myriam practices litigation and dispute resolution at Torys LLP, with a particular focus on investor-state arbitration, international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation involving clients in the mining, electricity, oil & gas and transportation sectors.
Myriam has appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, in international arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL and ICC Rules, in all levels of Ontario and Canadian federal courts, before Ontario administrative tribunals including the Ontario Energy Board and the Environmental Review Tribunal, and in domestic arbitrations. In 2019 and 2020, she was recognized by the global publication Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader for Arbitration, one of the few arbitration counsel in Canada to have received this recognition.
Myriam is active in teaching advocacy skills. She has participated as a faculty member for the Foundation for International Advocacy (FIAA)'s Workshop on Questioning Fact Witnesses in International Arbitration delivered in Bogotá, Colombia, in Geneva, Switzerland and in Paris, France. She has also participated as an advocacy skills adviser for the Law Practice Program at Ryerson University, and co-leads Torys' internal advocacy training programs. Myriam has completed several advanced advocacy courses, including FIAA's Workshop on Questioning Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration held at the Geneva Graduate Institute, as well as the Osgoode Hall Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop.
Margaret L. Waddell, LLB, LLM, Partner, Waddell Phillips PC
Margaret L. Waddell brings to her clients over 30 years of experience in successfully prosecuting and resolving Class Actions and Complex Civil Disputes. Margaret has acted as class counsel on a variety of prominent and precedent-setting cases covering a spectrum of practice areas from consumer protection to securities fraud to product liability, often with multijurisdictional issues. She is regularly sought out to lead on class actions, and to partner with other firms looking to deepen their bench strength.
Margaret also has broad experience in solving all manner of commercial conflicts, including shareholder oppression, contract disputes, executive wrongful dismissals, injunctions, and insurance coverage issues.
Margaret is actively sought as, and a regular presenter at continuing education programs speaking on a wide range of substantive, procedural and advocacy topics. She was an adjunct professor of law at Queen’s University, where she developed a course and taught Class Action Practice and Procedure. She is called to the Bar in both Ontario and Alberta.
Margaret is the Past President of the Toronto Lawyers’ Association, Co-Chair of the Toronoto Lawyers’ Association’s Advocacy Committee, Past Chair of The Advocates’ Society’s Class Action practice group (2018/19), Past Chair (2015/16) of the Ontario Bar Association’s Class Action Executive, and was a Member (2016/18) of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Class Actions Task Force on Multijurisdictional Proceedings, and a former board member and Past Chair of The Advocates’ Society’s Subcommittee on Advocacy and Practice.
Professional Development Accreditation:
- ADRIC designation holders earn 3 Continuing Education & Engagement (CEE) points
- CPD accreditation received to date for this webinar (pending from other Law Societies across Canada):
- Law Society of British Columbia: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of New Brunswick: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of Saskatchewan: 1.5 hours
Register Now!
Let's review the decision of the SCC in Uber v Heller and unconscionability as a defence to stay applications.