Vancouver Arbitration Chambers (Vancouver)
vanarb.com
Vancouver Arbitration Chambers was just established in October 2012. Despite its youth, a number of
voters gave it top marks thanks to resident neutrals Gerald Ghikas and Murray Clemens, described by
one national firm lawyer as ���two of Vancouver���s best commercial arbitrators.��� Currently operating out of
the premises of co-founder Spencer Charest���s business Charest Reporting Services, VAC is slated to move
to new digs in June this year where there will be room for up to five resident neutrals. Charest says plans
are also afoot for a state-of-the-art hearing facility for domestic and international commercial arbitrations and mediations, tentatively named the Vancouver Centre for Dispute Resolution.
YorkStreet Dispute Resolution Group Inc. (Toronto)
yorkstreet.ca
When litigator Paul Iacono founded the group in 2003, he had just one other panellist, insurance arbitrator Doug Cutbush. In the last decade, 11 more have joined, including former
Ontario Superior Court justice Harvey Spiegel and former Ontario attorney general Charles
Harnick. As new members joined, YorkStreet has branched out from its original core focus on
insurance law to encompass dispute resolution in the areas of aboriginal affairs, estates, and
forensic accounting, among others. Panel member Jeffrey Musson, the president of three IT
companies, handles matters that centre on Internet, software, and technology disputes.
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