Trails Youth Initiative and Cooper Mediation send out our heartfelt thanks for all the support of this year’s edition of Vancestock. With the complexities brought on by COVID-19, we moved the event outdoors. There is no way to be unbiased but this year’s event was, in...
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...
An insurance adjuster is sitting at her desk and a file marked “urgent” is handed to her. The claimant has been involved in a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle, snowmobile/off-road vehicle or heavy commercial vehicle. She knows that she’ll need to initiate payment of...
“You have top priority!” In most circumstances, you’d probably be happy to hear that you’re first in line – to own a new, hotly-anticipated product; to reserve concert tickets for your favourite band’s upcoming tour; or while on hold waiting to speak to a representative...
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...
Vancestock IX: A COVID-Friendly, Physically Distant Day of Music and Fundraising REGISTER TODAY! Our motto at Cooper Mediation is, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” The Year 2020 and the novel Coronavirus have sure soured the ways we live, work and play. We are all dealing with a very...
Reality can be a bitter pill to swallow – especially in a law suit or arbitration when there might be large sums of money on the line. As a mediator, giving one or more parties a dose of reality is a significant part of my job....
Admit it: before the COVID-19 crisis, your personal and professional lives were probably going a mile a minute. You needed more hours in the day to accomplish everything on your to do list and to see everyone you needed to see. Suddenly, the world entered the...
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...
If you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you are working from your home office. In the midst of a pandemic, most of us are observing social and physical distancing regulations in place in Ontario, throughout Canada and around the world. Since mediation is...