Speaking Engagements October 15, 2026  |  3:30 PM - 4:50 PM ET

Inside the Tribunal: Managing the Case and Reaching the Decision

Osgoode National Forum on Construction Arbitration

Troutman Pepper Locke’s Albert Bates will be speaking at the Osgoode National Forum on Construction Arbitration hosted by Osgoode Law School at York University in Toronto.

Albert Bates, Partner at Troutman Pepper Locke, will present “Inside the Tribunal: Managing the Case and Reaching the Decision” on Thursday, October 15 from 3:30 – 4:50 p.m. ET. He will be joined by arbitration leaders Duncan Glaholt, Glaholt ADR Inc.; Sabri Shawa, KC, FCIArb, Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP; and Janet Walker, CM, Toronto Arbitration Chambers, Atkin Chambers, and Sydney Arbitration Chambers, and Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School.

The panel will address the arbitrator as active case manager versus passive decision-maker, balancing efficiency and procedural fairness, managing counsel, professionals, and procedural dynamics, common advocacy missteps from the tribunal’s perspective, differences between international and North American approaches, and assessing evidence, credibility, and persuasion.

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