By Nolan Cattell When parties are embattled in a conflict, they often gain tunnel vision and become set on having “their day in court” as they’ve seen for others through movies, television and other media. All they want is to have a judge or person of authority declare for everyone in the room that they […]
By Hai Tran Advocates of ADR will often emphasize the advantages of mediations but what we hear less often is the importance of learning sound conflict resolution skills. Although mediation services can be useful for conflicts that are at an impasse, if more people are better equipped with the skills to deescalate or resolve conflicts […]
By Alexander Mulligan Last week, Doug Downey, the Attorney General for Ontario, announced that Ontario Courts would be piloting a new software to modernize the justice system. The platform, Caselines, is a document and evidence file-sharing software that is used around the world. Caselines stores documents on a cloud-based server, and uses machine learning to […]
By Kiana Blake Alternative dispute resolution has garnered significantly more attention over the past two decades. Within Ontario, there is a Mandatory Mediation Program which applies to Toronto, Ottawa, and Windsor. Under this program, cases are referred to a mediator early in the litigation process to provide parties with an opportunity to discuss and possibly […]
By Rachelle Paquet The 2020 pandemic very abruptly brought all our long-standing practices and procedures to a halt. Not a single service or business, in the public, private, or voluntary sectors, has been immune to its effects. At the outset, services and businesses were classified as either essential or non-essential. If deemed essential, the service […]
By Alexander Mulligan Unprecedented. Strange Times. New Normal. It seems every email, article, or news report you read seems to include one of those phrases. To fit into the current cultural trend, I want to talk about the "unprecedented" uptake of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) during these "Strange Times". ODR could certainly become a "new […]
