Summary of Meetings: ADR – Vancouver
Number of Meetings Held: 3
October 5, 2023
Registration Count: 29
Guest Speakers: Janet Schmidt
Meeting Title/Topic: Help Your Clients Take the War Out of Their Words
Synopsis: As mediators, we are responsible for providing a safe environment for our clients to talk through difficult things. When clients use certain words during the mediation process, the impact on the other party can result in increased defensiveness at times resulting in their inability to engage constructively. The focus of our time together will be on coaching our clients to leave the ‘war’ out of their words.
November 28, 2023
Registration Count: 17
Guest Speakers: Rose Keith, KC, Mark Tweedy
Meeting Title/Topic: Preparing for Mediation
Synopsis: Rose Keith, KC and Mark Tweedy review the steps counsel can take to be effective advocates at mediations. Discussion on developing a mediation strategy, preparing meditation briefs, and preparing the client for the mediation.
May 15, 2024
Registration Count: 62
Guest Speakers: Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie, Justice Bruce Butler, Justice Brianna Hardwick, The Hounourable Mary Ellen Boyd, Lawrence Kahn, KC
Meeting Title/Topic: The Intersection of ADR and the Courts
Synopsis: Esteemed panelists join for discussions on the intersection of alternate dispute resolution and the Courts. Chief Justice Melissa Gillespie, Justice Bruce Butler, Justice Brianna Hardwick, The Honourable Mary Ellen Boyd, and Lawrence Kahn, KC, provide their views from both sides of the Bench on the following topics:
- Notices to Mediate (Civil and Family) - how effective is "forced" Mediation?
- Judicial Settlement Conferences and Judicial Case Conferences - how/when are these best utilized?
- Enforcement of Agreements achieved in Mediation or Med/Arb - how often are these before the Courts and what, if any, unique considerations would the Court apply?
- Estate Planning Mediation Agreements subsequently challenged in wills variation
- Compellability of the ADR professional (Mediator/Arbitrator/Parenting Coordinator) to testify or provide their file.
- Appeals from an Arbitrator or Parenting Coordinator's decision - are there considerations that are different from appeals from a lower Court?