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Three pages, five in the build, zero JavaScript. /arbitration/ carries §4's paired-disclosure condition on four surfaces and Q39's struck universal appears in no form. /med-arb/ meets the procedural-fairness objection at the level of process design and ships deliberately without Pouya's own protocol commitments, which are Q54. docs/01 directed the mediation page to name the "ADRIC Model Mediation Rules". No such document exists — 0 occurrences across all four of ADRIC's rules pages against 10 for "National Mediation Rules"; "Model" belongs to the Model Dispute Resolution Clause inside the rules. Caught only because R14 requires the source before the claim. docs/reference/adric-rules.md + adric-extract/ carry it, with the digest drift measured rather than assumed: the HTML changes per request, the text extracts are byte-stable, so the extracts are the artefact. Four review passes, 21 defects, and the pattern was mine: I wrote the Q54 gate into the page and then breached it four times, then round 2 found two survivors of round 1's own fixes and one defect round 1's fix created. Also removed a <title> naming a practised role §4 does not grant, a habitual presupposing awards issued, and a claim about what ADRIC's rules permit that my own reference doc says is unsupported. Two instrument failures caught before they became conclusions: touch targets measured over file:// with no CSS loaded (uniform 18px, including on a .btn with a 44px floor), and a schema.org validator call that parsed nothing and returned 0 warnings for everything. Both re-run with the instrument validated first. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0148NztQskLKKApP5SzAA78e
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1. What the service is; the neutral's role stated plainly.
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2. **Formats:** full-day, half-day, shuttle, remote, hybrid.
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3. **Rules:** ADRIC Model Mediation Rules, or a bespoke protocol agreed by the
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parties.
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3. **Rules:** the **ADRIC National Mediation Rules**, or a bespoke protocol
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agreed by the parties.
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⚠️ *This item read "ADRIC Model Mediation Rules" until 2026-08-28 and that is
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not the name of anything ADRIC publishes* — **0 occurrences** across all four
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of its rules pages, against **10** of "National Mediation Rules" on the
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document's own page. "Model" belongs to the **Model Dispute Resolution
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Clause**, a contract clause inside the rules. Sourced and reproducible:
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`docs/reference/adric-rules.md` Finding 1. The spec would have put a wrong
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institutional name on a public page, which is the `Chartered
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Mediator-Arbitrator` shape a second time — caught here only because R14 sent
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the fetch out before the copy was written.
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4. **What parties should bring** — briefs, documents, authority to settle.
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5. **Confidentiality and without-prejudice framing.**
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6. Practice areas → `/practice/*`.
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7. Fees → `/fees/`. Booking → `/contact/`.
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⚠️ **This page carries no first-person conduct commitment, and that is
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deliberate.** How Pouya handles caucus material, and what he undertakes about a
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bespoke protocol, are claims about his practice with no §4 row. Two of them
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shipped here for one pass and were removed. Drafted for his ruling as **Q54(d)**
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and **(e)**; until he rules, the Confidentiality and Rules sections describe what
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an *agreement* settles, not what he promises.
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### `/arbitration/`
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**Job:** the same, for arbitration — and to state the Q.Arb position honestly.
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@@ -220,6 +236,13 @@ neutral.
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appointments.
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2. **Tracks:** documents-only, expedited, full hearing.
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3. **Rules:** ADRIC, ADR Chambers, ad hoc.
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⚠️ *`/arbitration/` as built names the **ADRIC Arbitration Rules** (new
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edition effective 1 March 2025, with an arbitrator appointment protocol) and
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"ad hoc, or whatever the contract names". It does **not** name ADR
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Chambers*: nothing in `docs/reference/` sources what rules ADR Chambers
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publishes, and `docs/07-fees.md` cites it only for published **fee ranges**,
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which is a different claim (R14). Name it on the page once a source is
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committed.
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4. Awards — form, reasoning, timing.
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5. **Credentialing status, stated plainly.** The Q.Arb pathway **commenced
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August 2026**; the page says so in those words. *"In progress" was the
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@@ -238,6 +261,13 @@ neutral.
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same one: an edit that was not re-read against the register.)*
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6. Fees, booking.
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⚠️ **No first-person conduct commitment on this page either.** The Rules and
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Awards sections say what a process and an award *should* settle and contain, not
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what Pouya undertakes to do — **Q54(e)** and **(f)** are drafted and unruled, and
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both shipped here in the first person for one pass. The `<title>` names a
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**service**, never "Sole Arbitrator": §4 grants exactly one practised role and it
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is "Mediator".
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### `/med-arb/`
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**Job:** own a term few Canadian neutrals explain well, and frame the C.Med-Arb
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@@ -245,9 +275,31 @@ endpoint.
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**Search intent:** `med-arb Canada`, `what is med-arb`, `arb-med`.
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1. What Med-Arb is; how it differs from Arb-Med.
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⚠️ *As built, the page flags the confusion and does **not define arb-med***.
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No source for a definition of arb-med is committed, and this repository does
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not publish a definition of a third party's process from recall (R14). The
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page says only that the two are one syllable apart, that the processes are
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not interchangeable, and that a reader should check which one their contract
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names — against the rule set the contract adopts, not against this page. **It
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states no differentia at all**, because on a page that defines med-arb as
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mediation→arbitration, "the phases run in a different order" *is* a
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definition of arb-med by inversion. That wording shipped for one pass and
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`claims-auditor` caught it. Define arb-med when a source is committed, or add
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an **Arb-Med** row to `AGENTS.md` §11 — not before.
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2. The procedural fairness objection, addressed head-on rather than elided.
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⚠️ *The page answers it at the level of **process design** — what a med-arb
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agreement has to settle before the mediation phase begins. It does **not**
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carry Pouya's own protocol commitments, which are claims about his practice
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with no §4 row.* Three are drafted for his approval in **Q54**; the section is
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incomplete until he rules.
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3. When it fits and when it does not.
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4. The C.Med-Arb designation and why it is the practice's stated endpoint.
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5. **The ADRIC Med-Arb Rules**, which this spec did not mention and which exist:
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a published rule set, put to ADRIC's membership in 2019, drafted for domestic
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commercial disputes and designed to work with its Mediation and Arbitration
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Rules. Sourced: `docs/reference/adric-rules.md` Finding 2. Quote ADRIC's own
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framing rather than paraphrasing it, and **keep its superlatives inside the
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quotation marks** — Finding 5 lists the two not to lift.
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This page is a strong candidate for the best-performing page on the site.
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Search demand exists, competition is thin, and it maps exactly to the brand's
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@@ -245,6 +245,28 @@ Not a polish pass. A build requirement.
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| `/about/` as first built | 38 px | 68 px | 108 px |
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| `.designation-part` `white-space: nowrap` removed (the separator is held by an NBSP instead) and `overflow-wrap: anywhere` on `.hero-h` | **0 px** | **23 px** | **63 px** |
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**Step 4's three pages added 2026-08-28**, and they needed no fix of their own
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— the guards this table produced were applied while writing them rather than
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after measuring:
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| Page | 390 px | 360 px | 320 px |
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| `/mediation/` | 3 px | 23 px | 63 px |
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| `/arbitration/` | 3 px | 23 px | 63 px |
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| `/med-arb/` | **0 px** | 23 px | 63 px |
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At the **default** root size all three are **0 px at every width measured**.
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The element-level sweep at 320/root-32, predicate `right > clientWidth`,
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names **three** `PracticeCard` chips on `/mediation/` — Construction,
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Technology, Shareholder — plus the header and footer brand elements, which
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appear on all five pages. *(This read "six" for one pass. Six is the count of
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`article.card` with `scrollWidth > clientWidth`, a different predicate on a
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different element; `adversarial-reviewer` re-ran it and no predicate yields
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six chips. A number in this table has to be re-runnable, which is the whole
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reason the table exists.)* All three are byte-identical to `/`'s — same
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widths, same offsets, same text — so step 4 introduced no new element-level
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overflow.
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Two findings from that page specifically. The `nowrap` was **introduced as a
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fix** for an orphaned `·` at the end of a wrapped line, and it made the whole
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designation item unbreakable — a fix that created a reflow regression, caught
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@@ -262,9 +284,14 @@ Not a polish pass. A build requirement.
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Two things worth keeping. **`overflow-wrap: break-word` permits a break at
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layout time but does not reduce min-content size** — `anywhere` does, and that
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distinction was the whole of one of those fixes. And 1280 px stays **602 px**
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over, from the header's deliberate `flex-wrap: nowrap` above 66 rem plus
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`white-space: nowrap` on the brand name; the 320 px residual is the same header
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distinction was the whole of one of those fixes. And 1280 px stays over, from the header's
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deliberate `flex-wrap: nowrap` above 66 rem plus `white-space: nowrap` on the
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brand name — **602 px on `/` and 944 px on every other page**, because
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`SiteHeader` gates the tagline on `!isHome`, so the masthead is wider
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everywhere except home. *(This read a flat "602 px" until 2026-08-28. That
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figure was measured on `/` and generalised; `/about/` was already 944 when it
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was added to this table, and step 4's three pages are 944 too. Found by
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`adversarial-reviewer`.)* The 320 px residual is the same header
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plus the display headline's 104 px floor. Undoing either re-opens the measured
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step-1 header decision, so they stand. All of this is beyond what this floor
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requires — page zoom is clean — so it is a robustness margin rather than a
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@@ -384,7 +384,14 @@ Drafted by Claude, **every word reviewed by Pouya before publication**:
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- [ ] Every factual claim appears in `AGENTS.md` §4 Verified
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- [ ] No matter counts, settlement rates, dollar figures, or time-to-award stats
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- [ ] No testimonials, endorsements, or third-party quotes
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- [ ] No testimonials, endorsements, or third-party quotes **about the practice
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or about Pouya**. Scope matters: `docs/01` §`/med-arb/` **directs** the page
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to quote ADRIC's own framing of med-arb, and `/mediation/` and
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`/arbitration/` name published rule sets. Quoting an institution about
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**its own rules**, from a committed source, is not an endorsement — and an
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unscoped version of this line flags the copy the spec requires. Same shape
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as the "legal advice" item corrected on 2026-08-28, in the file that gets
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grepped. **Keep the source's superlatives inside the quotation marks**
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- [ ] No superlatives and no guarantee language
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- [ ] No claim or implication of legal licensure anywhere (D13)
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- [ ] Q.Arb described as commenced August 2026, never as held or nearly complete
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| `Person` | `/about/`, referenced site-wide | **Emitted:** `name`, `url`, `jobTitle`, `description`, `alumniOf` (Bond University), `knowsLanguage` (en, fa), `hasCredential` (Q.Med), `sameAs` (LinkedIn), `email`, `image`. **Emitted on `/about/` only:** `memberOf` — the four §4 memberships as `Organization` nodes (Q53, ruled 2026-08-28). `/` shows no memberships, so its Person node omits it: structured data represents the page it sits on. **Withheld:** `worksFor` — Q49(b) declined the row 2026-08-28; `provider → Person → worksFor` would assert a same-entity claim §4 does not row. *(This enumeration listed `worksFor` as emitted while the same cell said it was withheld, and omitted `url` and `email`, which are — wrong in both directions. The enumeration is the part an implementer copies. Found by `adversarial-reviewer`.)* **CHANGED 2026-08-28 — Q47.** This row read *"`jobTitle` = 'Director of Firm Operations'; omit `worksFor`"*, which put the boutique title on a node whose `url` is this ADR practice's `/about/` — so a consumer could attach it to this entity. Pouya's ruling reframes the field: `jobTitle` describes **this practice**, not the boutique role, which D16 keeps unnamed. The visible role line is unchanged and still reads "Director of Firm Operations at a Toronto litigation and ADR boutique". **THE VALUE IS `PRACTICE_JOB_TITLE` IN `src/data/site.ts` AND THIS ROW DOES NOT RESTATE IT** — §7's rule, applied to a string with a live revert trigger on it: this row carried the literal text for one pass, and `adversarial-reviewer` noted it would go stale the moment the constant moved. Cite, do not copy. **`worksFor` IS WITHHELD** — set for one pass under Q47, then reverted: `ProfessionalService.provider` is this Person, so `provider → Person → worksFor` asserts the same-entity claim `schema.ts` explicitly declines, and §4 says "alongside the practice" where the ruling says "operates through". **`memberOf` is emitted** — see the sentence above; Q53 closed 2026-08-28. *(This cell asserted `memberOf` was both emitted and withheld for one pass, which is the defect it already records itself being caught for on `worksFor`, in the opposite direction. The enumeration is the part an implementer copies.)* See `src/data/schema.ts` |
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| `ProfessionalService` | Home | `areaServed` Toronto/Ontario, `serviceType` **Mediation / Commercial arbitration / Mediation-arbitration (med-arb)** — *scoped 2026-08-28 on `claims-auditor`'s finding; this row instructed the unscoped class form "Mediation/Arbitration" that Q39 struck and that `schema.ts` deliberately does not follow. Family arbitration carries prescribed training and has its own NOT OFFERED row, so unscoped "Arbitration" is the struck universal in a field nobody reads. Do not widen these strings without a §4 row to widen them from* — `provider` → Person, `priceRange` once `/fees/` is real. **Never `LegalService`** — schema.org defines it as a business providing legal advice and *representation*, which asserts in machine-readable form exactly what D13 bars and §4 Forbidden calls out |
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| `Service` | Each practice page | `serviceType`, `provider` → Person, `areaServed` |
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| `Service` | **`/mediation/`, `/arbitration/`, `/med-arb/`** and each practice page | `serviceType`, `provider` → Person, `areaServed`. **The Person node travels in the same `@graph`** so `provider: {'@id'}` resolves in one document rather than relying on a crawler joining two — `homeGraph`'s reasoning, applied. `serviceType` is scoped where §4 scopes it: *Commercial arbitration*, never a bare "Arbitration". No `BreadcrumbList` on the three — one hop from the root, no visible breadcrumb, and this spec requires the markup to match the visible one |
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| `Article` | Each article | `headline`, `description`, `datePublished`, `dateModified`, `author` → Person, `image` |
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| `BreadcrumbList` | All nested pages | Matches visible breadcrumbs |
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| `FAQPage` | `/for-parties/`, `/med-arb/` | Only where the visible page genuinely is Q&A. Never fabricate questions to farm a rich result |
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# The extracted text behind `../adric-rules.md`
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**Why this directory exists, and why it matters more here than for ADRIO.**
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Every term count in `../adric-rules.md` — including Finding 1, which corrected a
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rule-set name `docs/01` had directed onto a public page — was run against these
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extracts, not against the raw HTML. R14: a count taken from an artefact nobody
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**And unlike the ADRIO fetch, the HTML digests here do not reproduce.** The
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served pages change on every request. `../adric-rules.md` §Provenance records
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the two measured digests and the four causes read out of the diff. **The
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extracts below are byte-stable across those re-fetches** — verified, not
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assumed: a second fetch of the mediation-rules page produced different HTML and
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an identical `.txt`.
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So for these pages, **the `.txt` files are the artefact and the digests are only
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a record of what was fetched.**
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## Reproducing
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```sh
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curl -sSL -o <slug>.html "https://adric.ca/rules-codes/<path>/"
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node ../adrio-extract/extract.mjs <slug>.html > <slug>.txt
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```
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The four URLs and their slugs are in the provenance table of
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`../adric-rules.md`.
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**`extract.mjs` is not duplicated here.** It is the same unmodified script
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committed at `../adrio-extract/extract.mjs`, and a second copy is a second thing
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to keep true — `CLAUDE.md`'s single-source rule applied to a tool rather than to
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a fact. If you change it, both reference documents' counts have to be re-run.
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## The one command that reproduces Finding 1
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```sh
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for f in *.txt; do
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printf '%-40s %s\n' "$f" "$(grep -o -F 'Model Mediation Rules' "$f" | wc -l)"
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done
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```
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Expect `0` on all four. `grep -o -F 'National Mediation Rules'` returns 10 on
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`rules-codes__national-mediation-rules.txt`.
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Rules & Codes - ADR Institute of Canada
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About
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About Us
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Board of Directors
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Staff & Contact Us
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Operational Committees
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)
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ADRIC Regional Affiliates
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McGowan Awards
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Refund & Cancellation Policy
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Partners
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Job Opportunities
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Rules & Codes
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ADRIC By-laws
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Federation MoU
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ADRIC Arbitration Rules
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National Mediation Rules
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ADRIC Med-Arb Rules
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Ethics & Professional Practice
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Code of Ethics
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Code of Conduct
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Conflict of Interest
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Complaints & Discipline Policy
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Privacy Policy
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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Vision
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Membership
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Become a Member
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Member Benefits
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Membership Renewals
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Events
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ADRIC 2026 National Conference
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Webinars
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ADRIC Past Conferences
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ADRIC 2025: Annual National Conference
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ADRIC 2024: Annual National Conference
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ADRIC 2023: Annual National Conference
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ADRIC 2022: Annual National Conference
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ADRIC 2021 Conference Webinar Series
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Home
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Program
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Sponsor
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Publications & News
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ADRIC News – Monthly Newsletter
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ADR Perspectives
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Book Reviews
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Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal
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Editorial Board
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Book Reviews
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Media Centre
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Marketing Opportunities
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ADRIC Annual Report
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Announcements
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ADR Training
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Construction Adjudication Training Program
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Correspondence Course in Arbitration
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Med-Arb Workshop
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National Introductory Arbitration Course
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National Introductory Mediation Course
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ADRIC Accredited Courses
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ADRIC Professional Practice Manuals
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Disability Accessibility Guidebook
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Continuing Education & Engagement
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Professional Designations
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Arbitrator Designations
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Mediator Designations
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Chartered Med-Arbitrator
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Construction Adjudicator
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Family Practice Mediation
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IMI Recognition
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Indigenous Practitioner Inclusion Initiative
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Services
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Construction Adjudication
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CTA-OTC Arbitrator Roster
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Arbitrator Appointments
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Mediator Appointments
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ADRIC Med-Arb Rules Case Administration Services
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Custom ADR Systems and Rosters Development
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In-House Designations
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ADR Connect - Directory of Professionals Affiliate Member Portals
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ADRIC Member Portal
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Language:
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en
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fr
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About
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About Us
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Board of Directors
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Staff & Contact Us
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Operational Committees
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)
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ADRIC Regional Affiliates
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McGowan Awards
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Refund & Cancellation Policy
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Partners
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Job Opportunities
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Rules & Codes
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ADRIC By-laws
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Federation MoU
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ADRIC Arbitration Rules
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National Mediation Rules
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ADRIC Med-Arb Rules
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Ethics & Professional Practice
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Code of Ethics
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Code of Conduct
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Conflict of Interest
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Complaints & Discipline Policy
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Privacy Policy
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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Vision
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Membership
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Become a Member
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Member Benefits
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Membership Renewals
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Events
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ADRIC 2026 National Conference
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Webinars
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ADRIC Past Conferences
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ADRIC 2025: Annual National Conference
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As part of ADRIC’s role in protecting the public and promoting best practices in ADR, the need became apparent for specialized rules of procedure for med-arb, so a Task Force was formed with a dedicated working group of med-arb professionals. The Task Force completed an initial draft of the Rules, which were then referred to the Rules Committee for its consideration.
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The Committee followed past practice by consulting with the membership at large as the Rules were being reviewed, and a discussion draft of the ADRIC Med-Arb Rules was presented to the membership at ADRIC’s Annual Conference in November 2019. The Committee received extensive and very helpful feedback. The Committee also followed past practice by sending the draft ADRIC Med-Arb Rules for “wordsmithing” by a plain language specialist and many of the recommended plain language revisions were adopted.
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Med-Arb is not merely the merging of separate mediation and arbitration processes, but a unique process designed to meet the needs of particular disputants. It involves nuances and complexities that can be fine-tuned to the needs of the parties as a customized dispute resolution process, which requires a high level of practitioner competence to do successfully.
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The Rules are designed to work in tandem with ADRIC’s existing Mediation Rules and Arbitration Rules, integrating seamlessly.
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Download the ADRIC Med-Arb Rules:
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Designation : We have also developed criteria for a specialized designation: the Chartered Med-Arb
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Course : We have worked with course designers to develop the Med-Arb Foundational Course. See the training schedule .
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Note: This course is presented in English.
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ADRIC is grateful for the exceptional work of the following volunteers who gave so generously of their time and expertise to develop the Rules and Designation Criteria:
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MODEL DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE
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Parties who agree to submit disputes under the Med-Arb Rules may use this clause in their agreement:
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All disputes arising out of or in connection with this agreement, or in respect of any legal relationship associated with or derived from this agreement, will be finally resolved by Med-Arb under the Med-Arb Rules of the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. The Seat of Arbitration under the ADRIC Arbitration Rules will be [specify]. The language of the Med-Arb will be [specify].
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TYPES OF DISPUTES TO WHICH THE MED-ARB RULES APPLY
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Although the Med-Arb Rules were drafted to assist in resolving domestic commercial disputes, parties may want to apply them to international or non-commercial disputes. [1]
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Parties should examine the Med-Arb Rules to ensure that their provisions are appropriate and conform with applicable legislation.
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[1] In Québec, Article 2639 of the Civil Code of Québec, CQLR, c. CCQ-1991, provides that disputes over the status and capacity of persons, family matters, or other matters of public order may not be submitted to arbitration.
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To commence a med-arb, send the Notice of Request to med-arbitrate to each Respondent under the Agreement and to ADRIC at [email protected] , and courier the Commencement Fee as set out in Schedule A of the Rules plus HST to ADRIC. Cheques are to be made payable to ADR Institute of Canada.
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The Case Service Fee is to be remitted by the Respondent(s) with their Statement of Defence and/or Counterclaim (see Schedule A).
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Important Update on the ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC) Arbitration Rules:
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ADRIC has adopted new Arbitration Rules and a new Arbitrator Appointment Protocol, effective March 1, 2025. This modernization effort aims to support both domestic and international arbitration with up-to-date procedures and streamlined institutional support. The ADRIC Arbitration Rules have been the leading choice for Canadian businesses since 2002.
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ADRIC Arbitration Rules – Effective 2025
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ADRIC Arbitrator Appointment Protocol
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CLICK FOR ARBITRATION FORMS
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The ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC) has developed forms to aid parties pursuing arbitration under the ADRIC Arbitration Rules. To file your case with ADRIC, you will need to complete the appropriate form below.
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Notice to Arbitrate
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Request to Administer the Arbitration
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Request for the appointment of an arbitrator
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Application for Urgent Interim Measures
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Notice of Appeal
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“The new Arbitration Rules reflect two years of thoughtful discussion and analysis by a committed group of arbitrators and arbitration counsel representing all regions in Canada. Their focus has been on providing a framework for arbitration as a means of resolving disputes in a full, fair and final manner using up-to-date arbitration procedures and streamlined institutional support when needed.”
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— Comment by William G. Horton, C.Arb, co-chair and discussion leader of the ADRIC Modernization Committee that drafted the new Arbitration Rules.
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Highlights of the New Rules:
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Customized ADRIC services based on a flexible “à la carte” menu tailored to meet your specific needs
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Elimination of distinction between international and non-international disputes
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Enhanced arbitrator appointment process
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Standard statement of arbitrator independence and impartiality
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Important Notice : Our team is here to provide clarity and support, ensuring you have the information you need. Questions should be directed to ADRIC Case Services at [email protected] . However, please note that the ultimate decision-maker in any arbitration process is the Tribunal. For personalized legal advice, we strongly recommend consulting with your own lawyer.
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Parties who agree to arbitrate under the Rules may use the following clause in their agreement:
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“All disputes arising out of or in connection with this agreement, or in relation to any legal relationship associated with or derived from this agreement, will be resolved by final and binding arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. [or the Simplified Arbitration Rules of the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc.] The Seat of Arbitration will be [specify]. The language of the arbitration will be [specify].”
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Do you wish to be considered for an arbitrator appointment? The arbitrator appointment criteria are listed in the arbitrator appointment protocol above.
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A candidate who wishes to be considered for an arbitrator appointment must:
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Be a member in good standing of ADRIC and a regional affiliate;
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Confirm that they carry at least $1 million in arbitrator errors and omissions insurance;
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Commit to responding promptly to inquiries from ADRIC concerning their willingness to accept an appointment, failing which they may not be considered for appointments;
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Advise whether there is any equity, diversity, and inclusion information they would like to be considered by the sub-committee in making Direct Appointments or generating Candidate Lists; and
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Submit an ADR Connect profile that contains the following information:
|
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i. their area(s) of expertise;
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ii. their professional arbitration designations, if any;
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iii. whether they wish to be considered for Interim Arbitrator or Challenge Adjudicator appointments;
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iv. their experience as arbitrator and/or arbitration counsel;
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v. their standard rate(s);
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vi. any other information they deem relevant; and
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vii. at the candidate’s option, any equity, diversity, and inclusion information they would like to be considered.
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Any member who wishes to be considered for appointment as a Challenge Adjudicator or Interim Arbitrator must confirm that they are willing to accept an appointment on the basis of Schedules B and C of the Rules.
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All requests for Direct Appointments or to generate Candidate Lists must be sent by email to ADRIC Case Services at [email protected] .
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All requests by one or more parties must include the following information:
|
||||
Party Disclosure required under the Rules;
|
||||
full names of all parties, their addresses, and other contact information, if known;
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||||
names of all legal counsel or party representatives, their addresses, and other contact information, if known;
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||||
brief description of the dispute, without argument;
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copy of the arbitration agreement, if any;
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||||
amount(s) in dispute, if any;
|
||||
any qualifications the parties request or require of the arbitrator, including any subject area expertise;
|
||||
time constraints, if any, imposed by the parties, the arbitration agreement, or the nature of the dispute;
|
||||
whether appointment of an Arbitrator, Interim Arbitrator or Challenge Adjudicator is requested and, if so, all information required under the Rules; and
|
||||
any other information the party making the request considers necessary.
|
||||
All party requests will also be copied to those identified in paragraphs 7b) and c) above, unless the request is for appointment of an ex parte Interim Arbitrator as permitted pursuant to the Rules.
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We are grateful to the following individuals:
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Arbitrator Appointment Committee:
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Advisory Committee to the AMP:
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Brian Casey, Megan Keenberg, Jack Marshall, Eric Morgan, Murray Smith, Doug Stollery, and Hon. Neil Wittmann.
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Arbitrator Appointment Protocol Sub-Committee:
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Lisa Munro, Amy Crosbie, Stephen Drymer, Douglas Harrison, Matti Lemmens, Jim McCartney, Sabri Shawa, and Junior Sirivar.
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Any comments or suggestions concerning the New Arbitration Rules may be emailed to the ADRIC Executive Director at [email protected] .
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Click here for previous versions of the Rules.
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The ADRIC National Mediation Rules
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The National Mediation Rules provide rules for initiating mediations, including the appointment of a mediator should the parties be unable to come to an agreement.
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The National Mediation Rules document contains the following:
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Mediation Rules including Code of Conduct
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Standard Form Agreement to Mediate (Schedule B)
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Administration fees payable to the ADR Institute of Canada- see Schedule A of the Rules
|
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Model Dispute Resolution Clause
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The Model Dispute Resolution Clause set out below is of particular importance to those drafting or entering into contracts. Commercial contracts drafted by law firms of all sizes across Canada commonly contain a clause indicating that any dispute that arises with respect to the contract will be administered by ADR Canada, or one of its affiliates, pursuant to the National Mediation Rules or the ADRIC Arbitration Rules of the ADR Institute of Canada.
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The National Mediation Rules provide a Model Dispute Resolution Clause for Mediation and /or Arbitration:
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All disputes arising out of or in connection with this agreement, or in respect of any legal relationship associated with or derived from this agreement, shall be mediated pursuant to the National Mediation Rules of the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. The place of mediation shall be [specify City and Province of Canada]. The language of the mediation shall be English or French [specify language].
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Important Update on the ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC) National Mediation Rules: As of 2025, the ADRIC Mediation Committee is currently reviewing the Mediation Rules to ensure they remain current, practical, and aligned with best practices in the field. In the meantime, the existing rules remain in effect and should continue to be used until any updates are formally adopted.
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Abusive Arbitration Clauses in Contracts of Adhesion: The Québec Court of Appeal Draws the Line
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Preserving Mediation’s Distinct Role in Civil Justice Reform: The Promise and Peril in Ontario’s Civil Rules Review
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# ADRIC rules and codes — the published rule sets, in ADRIC's own words
|
||||
|
||||
**Why this file exists.** `docs/01-architecture.md` directs `/mediation/` to
|
||||
name *"ADRIC Model Mediation Rules"* and `/arbitration/` to name *"ADRIC, ADR
|
||||
Chambers, ad hoc"*. A rule set's **name** is a fact about a published document,
|
||||
so under Q46(b)'s standard it may be published — but only from a source, not
|
||||
from recall. R14: a claim whose artefact is unreachable is unverifiable by
|
||||
construction. This is the same fetch-before-writing that caught
|
||||
`Chartered Mediator-Arbitrator` (`docs/reference/adrio-designations.md`).
|
||||
|
||||
**It caught one immediately. See Finding 1.**
|
||||
|
||||
## Provenance
|
||||
|
||||
| | |
|
||||
|---|---|
|
||||
| Retrieved | **2026-08-28** |
|
||||
| Method | `curl -sSL` — redirects followed, exit status read, stderr not suppressed |
|
||||
| Text extracts | `docs/reference/adric-extract/`, produced by the committed `adrio-extract/extract.mjs` (same script, unmodified) |
|
||||
|
||||
| URL | HTTP | bytes | text | sha256 |
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||
| `https://adric.ca/rules-codes/` | 200 | 120908 | 4579 | `e7281b28e3d739f8d91985d5094fbdff7dea24e3a360d00ec32e387e32e9a1c9` |
|
||||
| `https://adric.ca/rules-codes/national-mediation-rules/` | 200 | 110894 | 6130 | `c55fe482da8aa7a69377703b9192bda0d926f012e45a90ca5ce5d27a7b0344ac` |
|
||||
| `https://adric.ca/rules-codes/arbrules/` | 200 | 122211 | 11004 | `07b9850f41bbf40f6ce3a3778876853091ac25a6bb255ef0c4b2827af69a937e` |
|
||||
| `https://adric.ca/rules-codes/adric-med-arb-rules/` | 200 | 114700 | 8445 | `153479af8235022170b31c9673262f4e10a51e9f99fcffcb3e0c7dd23d037393` |
|
||||
|
||||
⚠️ **THE HTML DIGESTS DRIFT ON EVERY REQUEST. THE TEXT EXTRACTS DO NOT.**
|
||||
Unlike the ADRIO fetch, where the digests were stable and are therefore stamped
|
||||
as the artefact, these pages change per response. **Measured, not assumed** — the
|
||||
mediation-rules page was fetched twice, three minutes apart:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
first : c55fe482da8aa7a69377703b9192bda0d926f012e45a90ca5ce5d27a7b0344ac
|
||||
second: e9f74014ec04e8fcab0f1cbbd75ef4cb104c8d94992b93c832d41c8259ce78b2
|
||||
text identical? YES
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Four causes, read out of the diff rather than guessed at:
|
||||
|
||||
1. a per-render page-builder class suffix (`highend_6a91df2f53035` →
|
||||
`highend_6a91dfca9a8be`);
|
||||
2. a **rotating corporate-member logo carousel** in the footer — nine sponsor
|
||||
logos, reordered per request;
|
||||
3. **Cloudflare email obfuscation**, which re-keys the `email-protection#…`
|
||||
hash per response;
|
||||
4. a **Cloudflare challenge-platform token** (`__CF$cv$params` `r` and `t`).
|
||||
|
||||
*(This paragraph first asserted "a WordPress nonce and rotating asset query
|
||||
strings" — a guess, written before the second fetch. None of the four causes is
|
||||
that. Corrected before commit, and recorded because a guessed cause for an
|
||||
observed difference is exactly what `CLAUDE.md` bars.)*
|
||||
|
||||
**So the stable artefact is `docs/reference/adric-extract/`**, and the term
|
||||
counts below were run against those extracts. A digest mismatch on re-fetch is
|
||||
**not** evidence the content changed — re-extract and compare the text.
|
||||
|
||||
Also on the record: `https://adric.ca/rules/` returns **403**, and
|
||||
`/mediation-rules/` and `/arbitration-rules/` return **404**. The working paths
|
||||
are all under `/rules-codes/`. Recorded because a 403 body is 52 bytes and reads
|
||||
like an empty page.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Finding 1 — "ADRIC Model Mediation Rules" is NOT the name of anything
|
||||
|
||||
`docs/01-architecture.md` §`/mediation/` item 3 directed the page to name the
|
||||
**"ADRIC Model Mediation Rules"**. The string does not exist in ADRIC's
|
||||
materials.
|
||||
|
||||
| Term | rules-codes | national-mediation-rules | arbrules | adric-med-arb-rules |
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||
| `Model Mediation Rules` | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
||||
| `National Mediation Rules` | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
|
||||
| `ADRIC Mediation Rules` | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
||||
| `ADRIC Arbitration Rules` | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
|
||||
| `ADRIC Med-Arb Rules` | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
|
||||
|
||||
**Where "Model" actually belongs.** ADRIC publishes a **Model Dispute Resolution
|
||||
Clause** — a contract clause, inside the rules document. The spec's phrase
|
||||
conflates the clause's name with the rules' name.
|
||||
|
||||
**The canonical title, from the page's own heading:** *"The ADRIC National
|
||||
Mediation Rules"*. The Model Clause it publishes uses the same form —
|
||||
*"shall be mediated pursuant to the **National Mediation Rules** of the ADR
|
||||
Institute of Canada, Inc."*
|
||||
|
||||
**One inconsistency in ADRIC's own materials, recorded so it is not read later
|
||||
as our error.** The `/rules-codes/` index has a card labelled *"ADRIC Mediation
|
||||
Rules"* (1 occurrence, card link text) while its nav and the document itself say
|
||||
*"National Mediation Rules"*. **Use `ADRIC National Mediation Rules`** — the
|
||||
document's own title, and the form inside the model clause.
|
||||
|
||||
## Finding 2 — the three rule sets, with the facts a page may state
|
||||
|
||||
**ADRIC National Mediation Rules.** *"The National Mediation Rules provide rules
|
||||
for initiating mediations, including the appointment of a mediator should the
|
||||
parties be unable to come to an agreement."* The document contains: Mediation
|
||||
Rules including a Code of Conduct; a Standard Form Agreement to Mediate
|
||||
(Schedule B); ADRIC administration fees (Schedule A); and the Model Dispute
|
||||
Resolution Clause.
|
||||
|
||||
⚠️ **Currency caveat, verbatim:** *"As of 2025, the ADRIC Mediation Committee is
|
||||
currently reviewing the Mediation Rules… In the meantime, the existing rules
|
||||
remain in effect and should continue to be used until any updates are formally
|
||||
adopted."* So do not date them, and do not describe them as recently revised.
|
||||
|
||||
**ADRIC Arbitration Rules.** *"ADRIC has adopted new Arbitration Rules and a new
|
||||
Arbitrator Appointment Protocol, effective March 1, 2025."* Published as
|
||||
**"ADRIC Arbitration Rules – Effective 2025"**, alongside an **ADRIC Arbitrator
|
||||
Appointment Protocol** and named forms: Notice to Arbitrate, Request to
|
||||
Administer the Arbitration, Request for the appointment of an arbitrator,
|
||||
Application for Urgent Interim Measures, Application to Challenge an Arbitrator,
|
||||
Notice of Appeal.
|
||||
|
||||
**ADRIC Med-Arb Rules.** A discussion draft was presented to the membership at
|
||||
ADRIC's Annual Conference in **November 2019**. Two sentences are directly
|
||||
useful to `/med-arb/`, both verbatim:
|
||||
|
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> "Med-Arb is not merely the merging of separate mediation and arbitration
|
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> processes, but a unique process designed to meet the needs of particular
|
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> disputants. It involves nuances and complexities that can be fine-tuned to the
|
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> needs of the parties as a customized dispute resolution process, **which
|
||||
> requires a high level of practitioner competence to do successfully**."
|
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|
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> "The Rules are designed to work in tandem with ADRIC's existing Mediation
|
||||
> Rules and Arbitration Rules, integrating seamlessly."
|
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|
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**Scope, verbatim:** *"Although the Med-Arb Rules were drafted to assist in
|
||||
resolving domestic **commercial** disputes, parties may want to apply them to
|
||||
international or non-commercial disputes."* That matches §4's commercial scoping
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without being cited for it — it is ADRIC's statement about its own rules, not
|
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authority for what this practice offers.
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|
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ADRIC also publishes a **Med-Arb Foundational Course** (in English) and, per this
|
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page, *"criteria for a specialized designation: the Chartered Med-Arb"*.
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## Finding 3 — "Chartered Med-Arbitrator" is corroborated by a second body
|
||||
|
||||
`Chartered Med-Arbitrator` appears **2 times on every one of the four pages** —
|
||||
it is ADRIC's own navigation label, under *Designations & CEE → Professional
|
||||
Designations*. So the long form §11 now carries, sourced from **ADRIO**, is
|
||||
independently the form **ADRIC** uses in its nav. The body prose on the Med-Arb
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||||
Rules page uses the short *"Chartered Med-Arb"*
|
||||
**once** — *"criteria for a specialized designation: the Chartered Med-Arb"*.
|
||||
|
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⚠️ *This read "3 occurrences" for one pass. `grep -o -F 'Chartered Med-Arb'`
|
||||
does return 3, but **two of the three are substrings of the nav label
|
||||
"Chartered Med-Arbitrator"** counted separately one sentence above. `grep -o
|
||||
'Chartered Med-Arb(?!itrator)'` returns 1. That is `CLAUDE.md`'s "a grep that
|
||||
matches is not a finding until you read what it matched", committed inside the
|
||||
document whose whole purpose is sourced counts. Found by
|
||||
`adversarial-reviewer`.* **Neither body writes "Mediator-Arbitrator" anywhere in this
|
||||
fetch.**
|
||||
|
||||
## Finding 4 — what is NOT in this fetch, and must not be inferred from it
|
||||
|
||||
- **The rules' actual provisions.** Every page above is a *landing page*; the
|
||||
rules themselves are PDFs behind download links and were **not** fetched. So
|
||||
this file supports naming a rule set and describing what a document contains
|
||||
at the level its own landing page describes it. It supports **no statement of
|
||||
what any rule requires, permits or provides** — including anything about
|
||||
consent mechanics, caucus information, or the switch from mediation to
|
||||
arbitration in med-arb. Write those as this practice's own protocol, or not at
|
||||
all.
|
||||
- **Anything about ADR Chambers.** `docs/01` §`/arbitration/` names it as a rule
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option. It is not sourced here. `docs/07-fees.md` cites ADR Chambers only for
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*published fee ranges*, which is a different claim.
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- **Legal effect.** Nothing here establishes the enforceability of an award, in
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Ontario or anywhere. §4 bars this repository from concluding a proposition of
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law.
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## Finding 5 — ADRIC superlatives deliberately NOT lifted
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Same treatment as `adrio-designations.md` Finding 5. These are ADRIC's marketing
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claims about itself and **must not travel onto this site**, where §4 Forbidden
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bars superlatives:
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- *"The ADRIC Arbitration Rules have been **the leading choice** for Canadian
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businesses since 2002."*
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- *"integrating **seamlessly**"* — quoted above inside a quotation, and it stays
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inside one.
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