Colin Taylor, Q.C., C.Med., C.Arb.

Mr. Taylor earned his B.A., LL.B (with distinction) from the University of Alberta and was awarded the Gold Medal in Law. He taught at the Law School there for three years before embarking on his Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice which has taken him into disputes across the country. Mr. Taylor holds a Ph.D. in political science and is a Chartered Mediator and Chartered Arbitrator (ADR Institute of Canada).

Mr. Taylor has been appointed to the distinguished panels of arbitrators and mediators at ADR Chambers Inc., and the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, both domestic and international panels. He was appointed to the arbitration panel for the experimental Supreme Court of British Columbia trial overflow program.

Notable recent appointments include:

Project Mediator – major civil works construction dispute, American Express Card member dispute panel, Industrial Inquiry Commissioner (B.C.), Commissioner (Public Inquiries Act - P.E.I.), Special Officer (Labour Relations Act - Alberta), Chair - Arbitration Panel Government of BC and Crown Counsel, Ombudsperson - Simon Fraser University (Tenure and Promotions) and Mediator - First Nations Disputes. Mr. Taylor serves as a part-time member of the Public Service Staff Relations Board (Canada) and Adjudicator under the Yukon Public Service Act and Yukon Education Act.

Mr. Taylor is a named arbitrator in numerous agreements. He has been called upon to assist in major commercial disputes, including: investment dealer/client litigation; estate disputes; shareholder rights and distribution share rights; partnership dissolution; construction; breach of contract; harassment; employment and dismissal disputes; Bill 13 - Timber Harvesting Contract and Subcontract Regulation issues and First Nations occupation of municipal tax jurisdiction disputes.

Mr. Taylor is a frequent lecturer at seminars and conferences including:

Intergovernmental Workshop on Collective Bargaining, Classification and Compensation (l997 - Charlottetown); Arbitration Skills - Business Council of British Columbia (1998 - Whistler), Recent Developments in Ethics and Human Rights - PSERC (1999 - Victoria), Recent Developments in the Law of Harassment in the Airline Industry - Air Canada Pilots Association (2001 – Vancouver), An Arbitrator's Perspective on the Supreme Court of Canada and Arbitral Jurisdiction Since Weber v. Ontario Hydro - Canadian Association of University Solicitors (2004 - Kelowna), Privacy and Medical Information - CLE (2005 Vancouver) and ADR Best Practices - Canadian Bar Association ADR Chapters (Kelowna - 2006; Nanaimo - 2007).

Mr. Taylor is the author of several papers dealing with his specialty and has numerous published arbitration awards.