Cooper Mediation Inc. is pleased to announce that Toronto mediator Logan Cooper has been inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM) at the 2023 IAM Spring Conference held from June 1-3 in Zürich, Switzerland. The IAM is an organization consisting of...
Cooper Mediation Inc. is pleased to announce that Toronto mediator Logan Cooper recently participated in the Ontario Bar Association’s conference, “Anatomy Of A Trial: The New Essentials.” Logan played the role of Witness in an event entitled, Testimony Of The Defendant. Logan was joined by The...
“Read the room!” Have you ever heard that phrase? When you enter a space, even without hearing a single word spoken, most people will get a sense of what people are feeling just by surveying the faces and body language of people present. It’s a good...
I like to think of a mediation as planning a trip to Settlement-ville. Unless one or more parties are absolutely set on going to Trial-town instead, the people at a mediation are generally interested in finding a way to a mutually agreeable destination - even...
There’s a joke among politicians in Canadian parliaments: “It’s called Question Period, not Answer Period.” Every day during Question Period, members of cabinet are called by the Speaker to respond to questions posed by members of the opposition or backbenchers. Whether what comes out of their...
Cooper Mediation is pleased to announce that Toronto-based mediator Logan Cooper is participating in the Camp Ooch & Camp Trillium Paddle Project 2020 - an initiative aimed to raise funds for children impacted by cancer. Logan designed a pair of one-of-a-kind paddles which will be auctioned...
A train carrying the plaintiff leaves Personal Injury City at 9 am travelling at the speed of despair. Another train carrying the defendant leaves Insurance Acres at 2 pm travelling at the speed of limited liability. How long before they meet and get completely derailed? Before...
Take a moment to think of all the famous lines from the big screen that would make such an arresting statement at a mediation or negotiation table. From “Show me the money!” in Jerry Maguire, to “Don’t tell me I can’t do it; don’t tell me...
Cooper Mediation hopes all of our friends, clients and colleagues are staying safe and healthy. We are all striving to find some sense of normalcy in these trying and challenging times. Cooper Mediation Inc. will continue to conduct mediations by way of videoconferencing and teleconferencing until...
“And now for something completely different.” No, this isn’t a Monty Python sketch; it’s the moment when participants who are engaged in our adversarial legal system attempt to co-operate and work together. When you say it like that, it sounds almost absurd as one of...