ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION #194 The arbitrator, recently promoted to Appeal Board status, makes his/her first appearance at either a Hearing with the parties present or at a meeting of the Board to consider the issues on the documents only basis. Either way, he/she is...

ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION #193 If you are principled, clear-headed, with an independent sense of right and wrong, you are on the right path. You are in charge of your thought process; you can weigh the key issues; you listen to the comments of fellow Tribunal/Board...

ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION #192 Let’s move from the theory to the practice; from the generalities to the specifics. What actually happens when your sense of balance, fairness and impartiality is challenged by imbalance, unfairness even partiality. How do you react?...

ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION #191 We have to know the law of arbitration and mediation. We need to study, take exams, submit ourselves to ongoing scrutiny and continue professional development. We have to be alert, eyes wide open, aware of developments in the process of...