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Ruminations from Across the Pond: Felicity Shedden on “Are we ready for...
In February of this year, Riverdale Mediation was happy to welcome UK family lawyer Felicity Shedden as a guest in our practice. For a week, Felicity sat in on mediations and arbitrations, getting a...
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Peter Halls Named “Access to Justice All-Star” for Self-Represented Litigants
For self-represented litigants, the court process can prove to be an intimidating and overwhelming experience. That’s why resources like the Family Law Information Centre (FLIC), operated by our sister...
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Hilary Linton honoured with OBA ADR Award for Excellence
Riverdale Mediation’s President and founder, Hilary Linton, is the recipient of the 2014 Ontario Bar Association’s ADR Award for Excellence. Hilary is honoured to accept this award. Since she left her...
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A (Short) Guide to Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation for ADR Professionals
Many of us here in Canada have likely experienced an onslaught of “consent request” emails in the last few months. “In order to respect the new Canadian anti-spam legislation,” they say, “we ask you to...
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Check Out This Helpful Online Parenting Plan Tool
For parents who separate or divorce, making decisions in the best interest of their children after the separation or divorce is paramount. There are many decisions to be made at this time, and working...
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Testing Family Law Students’ Negotiation Acumen at the Inaugural Walsh Family...
Although more than 90% of all family law cases settle out of court and many of the cases in court settle at an early stage, law schools still focus their training on substantive law and court practice....
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How – and Why – Lawyers and Mediators Can Help to Make Mediation Work for SRLs
Professor Julie Macfarlane This blog post by Dr. Julie Macfarlane is re-posted from the National Self-Represented Litigants Project. In my blog last week I referred to the frequent complaints I hear...
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Congratulations to Justice Victoria Starr on her Appointment to the Ontario...
I cannot imagine a better family judicial appointment than that of our former intern and mediate393 roster mediator, Justice Victoria Starr. I first met Victoria when she was an articling student and...
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Training Update: Basic Family Negotiation & Mediation, May 2014
We finished off our spring session of accreditation courses last month with “Basic Family Negotiation & Mediation.” For 5 days during the first week of May, more than 20 aspiring mediators joined...
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Ruminations from Across the Pond: Felicity Shedden on “Are we ready for...
In February of this year, Riverdale Mediation was happy to welcome UK family lawyer Felicity Shedden as a guest in our practice. For a week, Felicity sat in on mediations and arbitrations, getting a...
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Peter Halls Named “Access to Justice All-Star” for Self-Represented Litigants
For self-represented litigants, the court process can prove to be an intimidating and overwhelming experience. That’s why resources like the Family Law Information Centre (FLIC), operated by our sister...
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Hilary Linton honoured with OBA ADR Award for Excellence
Riverdale Mediation’s President and founder, Hilary Linton, is the recipient of the 2014 Ontario Bar Association’s ADR Award for Excellence. Hilary is honoured to accept this award. Since she left her...
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A (Short) Guide to Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation for ADR Professionals
Many of us here in Canada have likely experienced an onslaught of “consent request” emails in the last few months. “In order to respect the new Canadian anti-spam legislation,” they say, “we ask you to...
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Check Out This Helpful Online Parenting Plan Tool
For parents who separate or divorce, making decisions in the best interest of their children after the separation or divorce is paramount. There are many decisions to be made at this time, and working...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Testing Family Law Students’ Negotiation Acumen at the Inaugural Walsh Family...
Although more than 90% of all family law cases settle out of court and many of the cases in court settle at an early stage, law schools still focus their training on substantive law and court practice....
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Mandatory Mediation is not Access to Justice Panacea
Chief Justice Beverly McLaghlin opened the 2014 National Family Law Conference (after receiving an ear-shattering standing ovation) exhorting lawyers to provide more innovative services to separating...
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Power Imbalance Workshop in Seattle for APFM
Hilary Linton and Claudette Reimer with the APFM training participants on July 19, 2014 On July 19-20, I was one of three trainers who gave a workshop on Power Imbalance in Family Mediation for the...
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Domestic Violence and Family Law Mediation
Judge Susan P. Finlay (ret.) guest authors this post on domestic violence and family law mediation One of the most important responsibilities of a mediator is to provide a safe environment in which the...
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Upcoming Course: Arbitration Law for Parenting Coordinators
Parenting Coordination (PC) is one of the most daunting fields in family law. It is also one of the fastest growing. In Ontario, PC practice operates in a bit of a void as there is no legislation...
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Free Resource for Navigating the Tax Consequences of Separation and Divorce
They say that two things in life are inevitable: death… and taxes. Filing your taxes is seldom a straightforward process, and couples going through separation and divorce face potentially complex tax...
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