Our Peterborough, Ontario Arbitration Hearing Room
Murray Miskin has been actively involved in arbitration as a lawyer and trainer since the 1980s and has taught arbitration courses since 1985. He continues to be the primary arbitration instructor in Ontario with more courses to be offered in 2012. Murray first acted as an arbitrator in 1987 when selected by two of his students who were experienced arbitrators to chair a three member tribunal for a commercial lease renewal arbitration. Since then Murray was involved in a number of construction arbitrations, employment and other commercial arbitrations, and also environmental arbitrations. When the new Condominium Act for Ontario came into effect in 2001 bringing mandatory mediation and arbitration of all condominium disputes Murray became extensively involved in condominium arbitration. He has arbitrated a great number of condominium disputes where he has applied his own personal experience as a condominium resident and as the first President of a large new Toronto condominium’s Board of Directors. The Insurance Act has been amended to expand the use of private arbitration for insurance claims and disputes. Murray is now, as a neutral, applying his 30 years of personal injury insurance law practice experience to insurance law where he can work more freely as an arbitrator now that he is no longer a Plaintiff’s lawyer. This shift from representing individuals with claims is tied in with his involvement as Vice President of Arbitration in a new national ADR training and services company beginning operations sometime in 2012.