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Recipient of:
- The Law Society Medal for outstanding service that reflects the highest ideals within the legal profession - The Law Society of Upper Canada's highest honour;
- The Award for Distinguished Service - the Ontario Bar Association's top honour; and,
- The prestigious Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Gold Key Award for exceptional professional achievement in his field of commercial leasing.
Named as one of Canada's most frequently recommended property leasing lawyers by the Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, and listed in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
A senior partner in the Toronto law firm GOLDMAN SLOAN NASH & HABER LLP.
Harvey M. Haber has served as a mediator in over 130 commercial and real estate/property cases.
I have adopted, where applicable, the appropriate style, whether it be facilitative or evaluative in mediating cases.
General Commercial, Real Estate/Property
Director of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 1093 (Palace Gate) since October 24, 2002;
Member of the Editorial Board of The Jewish Tribune since October, 2002;
Member of Board of Editors of Retail Law Strategist (U.S.) since July, 2002;
Member of the Advisory Council of Second Harvest as of July 19, 1996;
Member of the Volunteer Lawyers Service since April 1994.
Member of Board of Advisors of Commercial Lease Law Insider (U.S.) since July, 1993;
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of the Law Times from June 1992 until Advisory Board discontinued 2000;
Member of Board of Advisors of Commercial Lease Law Insider's Commercial Property Law Digest (U.S.) from January, 1992, until it ceased publication September, 1993;
Member of the Editorial Board of National Real Property Law Review since September, 1990;
Member of the Board of Editors for Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy (U.S.) since June, 1990;
Member of the Canadian Law Conference Program Committee of the International Council of Shopping Centers, 1984 - 1997;
Founding Member of Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (1984);
Vice President of Canadian Bar Association, Corporate Lawyers Division, 1979;
Member of the Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations since 1962;
Director (1983) and Member of The Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association;
Founding Member of the Editorial Board of Shopping Center Legal Update for the International Council of Shopping Centers (U.S.), 1981-1982.
John Cannings, jcannings@jcannings.com, 416-591-0703
Stephen Jackson, sjackson@zaldinandfine.ca, 416 868-1431 ext. 223
Christopher Burr, chris.burr@blakes.com, 416-863-3301
Xavier Navarrete, xnavarrete@nplaw.ca, 647-259-1772
Douglas W. Porter, geller@bellnet.ca, 416 480-2200
Chad Kopach, ckopach@blaney.com, 416 593-2985
- Appointed a Chartered Arbitrator (C. Arb.) by the ADR Institute of Canada - March, 2009
- Appointed a Chartered Mediator (C. Med.) by the ADR Institute of Canada - April 6, 2000.
- Roster Mediator, Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program - Toronto - November 30, 1998.
- A member of the Main Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Ontario Bar Association (CLE) – 1998 - 2002.
- A member of the Ontario Bar Association Section Code of Conduct Committee which drafted the Code of Conduct now adopted by the Ministry of the Attorney General Early Mediation Program - April 1, 1998.
- Completed Program on Civil Justice in Ontario: An Overview at Stitt Feld Handy Houston ADR Inc. - Certificate of Achievement dated July 20, 1998.
- Completed Advanced Mediation Course at University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies - Achievement Report dated May 22, 1997.
- An Executive Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Ontario Bar Association - as of February, 1996.
- Co-Editor of Newsletter for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Ontario Bar Association - 1996 - 1997, and Editor 1997 - 1998.
- Completed Canadian Dispute Resolution Corporation (Ontario)'s Commercial Mediation Training Program - Level I, September 12-14, 1991, and Level II, September 13-14, 1994.
- Chairperson “Springfest” – “Hot Trends and Current Issues in Office, Industrial and Retail Leasing” – April 1, 2009, Toronto
- Guest Lecture - The Law Society of Upper Canada, Department of Continuing Education, Ontario – The Six Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyers - Topic - “Helpful Commercial Leasing Hints” – February 11, 2009, Toronto
- Chairperson – “Springfest” – “Hot Trends and Current Issues in Office, Industrial and Retail Leasing” – April 19, 2008, Toronto
- Guest Lecturer – “Ground Leasing & Helpful Commercial Leasing Hints” – Department of Justice, Edmonton, Alberta – March 12, 2008
- Roundtable Leader – International Council of Shopping Centers – “Helpful Commercial Leasing Hints” - Toronto, March 6, 2008
- Panelist – Ontario Bar Association – “Remedies Fast Forward” – “Distress” – October 31, 2007, Toronto
- Chairperson – Ontario Bar Association – “Hot Topics in Commercial Leasing” – October 16, 2007, Toronto
- Chairperson – Springfest 2007 - “Hot Trends and Issues in Office Industrial and Retail Leasing” – April 13, 2007, Toronto
- Chairperson – Toronto Lawyers Association – “Hot Topics in Commercial Leasing” – May 17, 2006, Toronto
- Chairperson – Toronto Real Estate Board – “Hot Topics in Commercial Leasing” – May 10, 2006, Toronto
- Chairperson – Springfest 2006 - “Hot Trends and Issues in Office Industrial and Retail Leasing” – April 27, 2006, Toronto
- Chairperson – Commercial Leasing Seminar at HomeLife/Bayview Realty Inc. – “Hot Topics in Commercial Leasing” – October 27, 2005, Toronto
- Chairperson – RealLeasing – “Net Rent and Operating Cost Charge-Backs: Five Issues on the Edge in the Retail Market” – September 29, 2005, Toronto
- Chairperson – Real Property – “Update on Commercial Leasing – Ask Harvey! for Ontario Bar Association”, April 21, 2005, Toronto
- Chairperson – Springfest 2005 – “Update on Office, Industrial and Retail Leasing Trends and Issues”, April 6, 2005, Toronto
- Chairperson - numerous Seminars since 1980
- Author: The Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide published February, 1989, Canada Law Book Inc.; Second Edition published March, 1994; Third Edition published June, 1999; Fourth Edition Published November, 2004; Canada Law Book Inc.
- Editor: Assignment, Subletting and Change of Control in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide, published August, 2002, Canada Law Book Inc.;
- Editor: Distress: A Commercial Landlord's Remedy, published February, 2001, Canada Law Book Inc.;
- Author: Landlord's Rights and Remedies in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide, published July 1996, Canada Law Book Inc.;
- Author: Understanding the Commercial Agreement to Lease published September, 1990, Canada Law Book Inc.; Second Edition 2006;
- Editor: Tenant's Rights and Remedies in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide, published May 1998, Canada Law Book Inc.;
- Editor: Distress: A Commercial Landlord's Remedy, published 2001, Canada Law Book Inc.;
- Editor-in-Chief: Shopping Centre Leases, Volume 1 published 1976, Canada Law Book Inc.;
royalties of $5,000.00 used for scholarship in the Ontario Bar Admission course - awarded annually since 1976; and Second Edition Published 2008, and Volume 2 published 1982; - Co-Author: Giving Thanks - Graces for Every Occasion - Self Counsel Press, February, 1994.
Numerous articles in both Canadian and American publications. Roster Mediator, Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program - Toronto. Chartered Mediator, ADR Institute of Canada. Arbitrator. An Executive Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Ontario Bar Association. Guest lecturer for The Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. Called to the Bar of Ontario as a Barrister and Solicitor. Appointed a Queen's Counsel by the Province of Ontario. Co-Author of Giving Thanks - Graces for Every Occasion. President, Sir John A. Macdonald Foundation Inc.
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Moore-McLean Corporate Insurance Ltd. for the Chartered Mediator and the maximum limit of this insurance is $1,000,000.00.