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Douglas F. Harrison

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ARBITRATOR | MEDIATOR | COUNSEL

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Member of the Law Society of Ontario

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Commercial Arbitration

Douglas F. Harrison is an arbitrator of commercial disputes, both domestic and international. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Member Arbitrator of Arbitration Place.  He is also a member of the CPR Panels of Distinguished Neutrals (as both an arbitrator and a mediator), the panel of arbitrators of ICDR Canada, and the rosters of a number of other arbitral institutions including ICC Canada. He is the chair of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society. 

Mediation and Legal Counsel

Douglas F. Harrison not only mediates business disputes but his recent mediations also include environmental disputes, product liability claims and defamation actions. He completed the Harvard Law School Executive Education course, Mediating Disputes. 


He also acts as legal counsel in select matters, including designing arbitral procedures, enforcing arbitral awards and opinion work.


Services are provided through Harrison ADR Professional Corporation.

Experience | Expertise | Recognition

Experience

Mr. Harrison brings to his arbitration and mediation practice over 30 years of experience as a litigator with Stikeman Elliott LLP in Toronto, conducting a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice for clients from around the world. He was also Vice-Chair of the firm's national Claims & Risk Management Committee for several years 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. He handled numerous arbitral mandates as counsel, and was also involved in the enforcement of international commercial and investor-state arbitral awards. 


His industry expertise includes mining, aerospace, chemicals, financial services, food processing, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, logistics, manufacturing and media.

Recognition

Who's Who Legal - Canada 2021 (Arbitration - Recommended).


Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory - 2021 (Commercial Arbitration - 

Repeatedly Recommended).


Best Lawyers in Canada - 2021 and 2022 (International Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Law and Class Action Litigation).


Acritas Star - independently rated lawyer, 2018, 2019 and 2020.


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.

Accreditations | Affiliations & Rosters

Douglas Harrison international commercial arbitration mediation counsel Toronto Ontario Canada

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

Arbitration Place

ADR Institute of Canada

Campaign for Greener Arbitrations (North America Committee)

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

CPR Panels of Distinguished Neutrals (Global, Product Liability, Pro Bono)

ICC Canada Arbitration Committee (Executive)

ICDR Canada

Institute for Transnational Arbitration

International Arbitration Institute

International Council for Commercial Arbitration

London Court of International Arbitration

Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission 

Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (Chair)

University of Toronto, University Tribunal (Co-Chair)

Mr. Harrison is also a Vice-Chair of the International Mediation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law and volunteers as an arbitrator for the Vis Moot, the Virtual Vis East Moot and various Vis Pre-Moots.

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Douglas Harrison international commercial arbitrator mediator Toronto Ontario Canada

Recent Publications

State Instrumentalities - Piercing the  Corporate Veil - Canada, in Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against States, IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 12, forthcoming


Removing an Arbitrator for Incapacity or Undue Delay, Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration, vol. 1, 2019 (excerpted in New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020) https://bit.ly/3hE2TDN


The Law of Product Warnings and Recalls in Canada, 2nd ed., LexisNexis Canada, 2019, with Alex Colangelo


Mr. Harrison is a contributor on arbitration and international law to The Lawyer's Daily, an online publication of LexisNexis Canada - see his articles about the possibility of Canada and the US arbitrating the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline dispute:  https://bit.ly/3gwLHS8; about the development of the principles of crimes against humanity and genocide by two lawyers from Ukraine: https://bit.ly/3CyxEVi; and about Ukraine's case against Russia at the International Court of Justice: https://bit.ly/3ueY7EW


Recent Speaking Engagements

The Role of ADR in Successful Settlements, The Advocates' Society, The Art of Settlement, Toronto, April 2022 


Creating the Foundation for a Successful Arbitration, The Advocates' Society, Arbitration Advocacy, Toronto, December 2021


The Future of Arbitration in Ontario, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, Virtual Annual Meeting, May 2021


Virtual Arbitrations: Experience to Date & What the Future Holds, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, Virtual Annual Meeting, June 2020


Thinking Big After the Singapore Convention: The Growing Promise of Cross-Border Mediation, American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Virtual Annual Meeting, May 2020


ADR Advocacy: Advanced Techniques, The Advocates' Society, Toronto, November 2019


Piercing the Corporate Veil in Domestic Law: A Comparative Approach, International Arbitration Institute, Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against States, Paris, October 2018

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Douglas F. Harrison, FCIArb

Harrison ADR Professional Corporation

Arbitration Place

Bay Adelaide Centre West

333 Bay  Street, Suite 900

Toronto, Ontario

Canada  M5H 2R2

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