David Alderson, LL.B (Osgoode), LL.M (Lond.) Commercial and Corporate 

Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb) -  Commercial Arbitrator and Mediator

Experienced Sole Arbitrator and Panel Arbitrator 

Hourly Rate: from $450.00 per hour, plus facilities and applicable taxes.      

Background

David accepts appointments as a commercial arbitrator and international commercial arbitrator, at reasonable hourly rates and with good availability. David has acted as counsel in both domestic and international arbitration, including institutional and ad hoc arbitration. He has been nominated as a sole arbitrator and arbitraion panel member. 

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has appointed David as arbitrator in commercial arbitration matters. David is a member of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, and has successfully completed their Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration. He is an arbitrator on the ADRIC rosters, and is listed as an Arbitrating Member of TCAS.

He has lived and practiced law in Ontario, England, Bermuda and Dubai. He is also admitted in New York State. His LL.B (Osgoode) and LL.M (Lond.) were granted in 1980 and 1988, respectively. David’s post-graduate legal studies was designated as Commercial and Corporate.

Local and International Experience

David has appeared as a barrister in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (including the Commercial List), the Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court(Canada), Federal Court of Appeal (Canada) and co-counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada; as an instructing solicitor in the English High Court of Justice (Commercial and Admiralty Courts, and Chancery) and the Court of Appeal; and as a barrister in the Supreme Court of Bermuda.

Preferred Arbitration Appointments

He has legal experience in arbitration in Ontario, England, Bermuda and Dubai under different institutional and ad hoc rules, in a wide variety of matters, but mainly focused on the practice areas of insurance, reinsurance,business disputes, international trade, and marine matters, including arbitration concerning:

·        Business Disputes

·        Commercial Disputes

·        Commercial Leasing Disputes

·        Condominium Disputes

·        Contract Disputes

·        Disputes between Professionals in Business

·        Distribution Agreement Disputes

·        Employment Disputes

·        Franchise Disputes

·        International Sale of Goods Disputes

·        IT, IP, Internet and Technology Disputes

·        Joint Venture Disputes

·        Licensing Disputes

·        Management Disputes

·        Marine and Maritime Disputes

·        Partnership Disputes

·        Property Disputes

·        Real Estate Disputes

·        Reinsurance Disputes

·        Sale of Goods Disputes

·        Shareholder Disputes

·        Trademark Disputes  

Speaking Engagements on Arbitration Subjects

David has spoken to lawyers at Continuing Legal Education events, and given interviews to legal publications on matters concerning arbitration, including:

·        Law Times Cover Story July 20, 2018: “OCA upholds U.S.rabbinical court’s award. Province a leader in international commercial arbitration” concerning Popack v. Lipszyc,2018 ONCA 635 (Quoted)

·        Law Times Cover Story – Enforce Arbitration Agreements: Ruling,November 21, 2016, Re: Haas v. Gunasekaram, 2016 ONCA 744(Co-Counsel on motion)

·        Panelist at the Law Society of Upper Canada Continuing Professional Development program, The Annotated Partnership Agreement 2015, on the panel entitled “Review of the Differences (Legal and Drafting) Between a Partnership and a Joint Venture – Understanding the Significant Consequences“.This included discussion on the use of arbitration clauses in international joint venture agreements.

·        New Developments in Emergency Arbitration Procedures – Interview Published in Law Times (April 2013)

·        ABA Annual Meeting, Section of Litigation event “Strategic Choices in International Arbitration: the Impact of Forum Selection and Choice-of-Law Decisions” covering competence-competence doctrine, severability(separability) and judicial intervention in determining the jurisdiction of a tribunal; and the enforcement of arbitral awards, including public policy exclusion to enforcement and the effect of local limitation periods in the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in UNCITRAL / Model law jurisdictions (August 2011)

Curriculum Vitae

Please see David’s bio webpage and his LinkedIn page for his areas of past local and international litigation experience.

Terms of Appointment available on request. 

Contact the Arbitration Intake Coordinator at Gilbertson Davis LLP Arbitration and Mediation Chambers with any inquiries you may have concerning the appointment and availability of Arbitrator, David Alderson, at (416) 979 2020, ext. 223 orby email at info@gilbertsondavis.com

Hourly Rate: $450.00 per hour, plus facilities and applicable taxes.
Languages: English