Academy Member Inducted 2020

Recognized to Ontario Chapter for:
Civil/Commercial Mediation & Arbitration
Other ADR Services: Med-Arb

Available
- Practice Commenced: 2000
- Total Mediations (as of May 2022): 3000
- Total Arbitrations (as of May 2022): 20
Practice Percentages
Biographical
Rick Brooks brings over 40 years of commercial and civil litigation experience to his role as a mediator and arbitrator on commercial conflicts, wrongful dismissal, personal injury and construction disputes. He is a chartered mediator with the ADR Institute of Canada and his past and present affiliations include being a mediator with the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, the Ottawa Carleton District School Board and Tarion (both as a mediator and arbitrator). Throughout his career Rick has brought a common sense and practical approach to resolving disputes and he works diligently with the parties involved in a dispute to engage in a productive dialogue to help resolve the conflict.
Case Experience
- Aboriginal
- Accounting
- Appellate
- Architecture
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Insolvency
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Competition Act
- Condominiums/Strata
- Construction
- Consumer Rights
- Contract Disputes
- Copyrights
- Debtor/Creditor
- Disability Claims
- Discrimination
- Employment
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Environmental
- Estates & Trusts
- Expropriation
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Government/Municipalities
- Human Rights Act
- Insurance
- Internet
- Land Use/Planning
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Media & Communications
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Natural Disasters
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Police
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Public Utilities
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Sports
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Transportation
- Unfair Competition
- Wrongful Death
- Wrongful Dismissal
Education
- Carleton University Graduated B.A. 1974
- LLB, University of Ottawa 1977
Memberships & Affiliations
PAST AND PRESENT:
ADR Institute of Canada
Canadian Bar Association
County of Carleton Law Association
Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada
Tarion Mediator and Arbitrator
Rates Information
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Language Skills
English