Acting with Integrity: What Every Tribunal Member (or Panel) Needs to Know

Faculty

While adjudication can be challenging at the best of times, the unique ethical issues that confront many board and tribunal members can be particularly difficult. Referencing real-life examples, topics covered include:

• Avoiding potential conflicts
• How soon – if ever- can you preside over a party, legal professional (or law firm/organization) you have (or had) a professional or personal relationship with?
• Professional and volunteer involvement: when can this be perceived to be a conflict?
• Accessing additional information: what are the consequences – if any – for adjudicators who undertake their own research?
• Obtaining outside subject-matter expertise or opinion
• Searching information in the public domain (ie. Google, Wikipedia, etc.):
• to get information not provided by the parties?
• to learn about the parties?
• to gain context for the issue in dispute?
• research the law?
• Effective strategies for obtaining consensus among tribunal/panel members

Faculty

Series Chairs

• Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School
• Voy T. Stelmaszynski, Board Solicitor, Ontario Labour Relations Board
• Melisse Willems, Registrar and Executive Director, College of Dieticians

Moderator

• Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School

Panellists

• The Hon. Stephen Goudge, Counsel, Paliare Roland Rosenberg LLP
• Michelle Alton, Tribunal General Counsel, Workplace Safety and Insuance Appeals Tribunal
• David A. Wright, Chair, Law Society Tribunal

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