Experience | Expertise | Recognition
Experience
For over 30 years, Mr. Harrison was a member of Stikeman Elliott LLP in Toronto, conducting a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice for clients from around the world. He was Vice-Chair of the firm's national Claims & Risk Management Committee and a member of the firm's national Professional & Ethics Committee.
Expertise
Mr. Harrison's legal expertise spans a wide range of corporate and commercial disputes and topics, and also includes environmental law, product liability, defamation, professional liability, insolvency and directors and officers insurance.
His industry expertise includes mining, aerospace, chemicals, financial services, food processing, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, logistics, manufacturing and media.
Recognition
Mr. Harrison is internationally recognized as an expert in global product liability law and litigation by Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Acritas Star - independently rated lawyer, 2018 and 2019.
Accreditations | Affiliations & Rosters
Accreditations
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Barrister & Solicitor, Law Society of Ontario (called in 1988)
LL.B., University of Toronto, 1985
B.A., Political Studies, Queen's University, 1982
Affiliations & Rosters
ADR Institute of Canada
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Global Natural Resources Dispute Resolution Centre
ICC Canada Arbitration Committee
ICDR Canada
International Council for Commercial Arbitration
Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
London Court of International Arbitration
Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society
University of Toronto - University Tribunal, Co-Chair
Mr. Harrison is also a Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee and of the International Mediation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law.
Publications and Speaking Engagements
Recent Publications
An Arbitrator's Duty of Disclosure Under the Model Law, Arbitration News, IBA Legal Practice Division, Arbitration Committee, August 2016, with Vanessa Voakes.
Arbitration, CCH's Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide, chapter, CCH Canada, 2014
The Law of Product Warnings and Recalls in Canada, LexisNexis Canada, 2013
Canada, Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration, chapter, Law Business Research, 2011-13, co-author
Recent Speaking Engagements
Piercing the Corporate Veil in Domestic Law: A Comparative Approach, International Arbitration Institute, Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against States, Paris, October 2018
Photography 3.0: Speech, Privacy and the New Normal, Union Internationale des Avocats, 61st Congress, Toronto, October 2017
Marrying for Money: Negotiating Real Estate Joint Ventures Between Developers/Owners and Investors After the Big Recession, American Bar Association Section of International Law, Annual Fall Meeting, London, UK, October 2013
Arbitration Advocacy: Best Practices, Ontario Bar Association, Professional Development Seminar, Toronto, October 2013
Cross-cultural Mediation in Action: Exploring the Challenges of Using ADR in International Arbitration, American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, April 2013