Arbitration

At times, people are unable to reach an agreement with negotiation and mediation, so arbitration may occur if you cannot resolve one or more of the mediated issues. In arbitration, the process is private. Your personal information is kept private - the order is not published. On the contrary, in a court action, your personal financial information is open to the public to view, and the decision by the Judge may be published and even released to the media.

In arbitration, we determine the issues between you and the other side in a pseudo court-like process. The difference is that you determine the rules. While in court you may require many preliminary attendances, you can avoid that with arbitration. Together with your qualified arbitrator, you and the other side will meet to discuss not just the process, but the manner in which you may wish to proceed. You can agree on how evidence will be introduced to the process, the timing and dates that are flexible and can be arranged to your convenience. As you are the only people appearing in front of the Arbitrator, there is minimal delay or wasted time. It is an efficient manner to determine issues that cannot be agreed to through negotiation or mediation, but attendance at mediation is not a prerequisite to arbitration. The Arbitrator will hear the evidence from you and your witnesses, consider submissions from you or your counsel and make a decision that can be incorporated in a summary manner into a court order. This is an efficient and practical approach.