Mediation/Arbitration

Artificial intelligence will never replace human mediators

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Avril Hasselfield
Avril Hasselfield
Partner at Results Mediators
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Avril Hasselfield
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Can my work be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI)? Everyone is thinking about what AI can do and when it is appropriate as ChatGPT and other AI platforms grow in popularity. The legal profession is not exempt from this question nor is the field of mediation in which I work. Although I see some practical […]

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Experience allows Results Mediators to live up to its name

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Results Mediators
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • With more than 35 years of litigation and mediation experience between them, Avril Hasselfield and Susan Rai know how effective mediation is in solving disputes.  Almost two years ago they joined forces and launched Results Mediators, primarily focused on disability disputes. “We’re industry veterans and are known by many

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Taking ‘open approach’ can put mediation on the right track

/ Employment/Labour, Mediation/Arbitration /
Stuart Rudner
Stuart Rudner
Founder at Rudner Law
(416) 864-8500 or (905) 209-6999
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Success in mediation comes down to using your mediator as your ally, says Toronto-area employment lawyer and mediator Stuart Rudner. “That means being open with me about your case and desired outcome, and giving me the ammunition needed to advance your case,” says Rudner, founder and principal at Rudner

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Negotiation can be best option in a constructive dismissal

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Stuart Rudner
Stuart Rudner
Founder at Rudner Law
(416) 864-8500 or (905) 209-6999
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Stuart Rudner
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The uncertainty of a constructive dismissal claim makes it a risky proposition so a negotiated settlement is often the more prudent choice, says Toronto-area employment lawyer and mediator Stuart Rudner. “Most of these cases are all or nothing, which means that if you are an individual pursuing the claim

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Litigating wrongful dismissal claims not for ‘the faint of heart’

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Stuart Rudner
Stuart Rudner
Founder at Rudner Law
(416) 864-8500 or (905) 209-6999
[email protected]
Stuart Rudner
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • As an Ontario Superior Court judge recently wrote, “litigation is an expensive business. It is not for the risk-averse or the faint of heart. There are winners and there are losers.” Parties should objectively assess the evidence and also the potential costs and benefits of pursuing a wrongful dismissal

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The difference between going to mediation and winning at mediation

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Stuart Rudner
Stuart Rudner
Founder at Rudner Law
(416) 864-8500 or (905) 209-6999
[email protected]
Stuart Rudner
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By LegalMatters Staff • Lawyers who properly prepare for mediation increase their chance for success, says Toronto-area employment lawyer and mediator Stuart Rudner. Rudner, founder and principal at Rudner Law who has more than two decades of practice and several years of work as a mediator, says “there’s a big difference between going to mediation and winning at mediation.”

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