41 Warden Lane
Stouffville ON L4K 4K8
Tel: (647) 205-0438
Alternate Tel: (647) 987-2000
Fax: (905) 946-8971
Email: gfl@luborsky.com
Primary Jurisdiction
Ontario
Arbitration Practice
In practice since 1999; also active in federal jurisdiction.
Education
B.Sc., 1977, University of Toronto; M.A., 1979, University of Toronto; LL.B/J.D., 1982, Osgoode Hall Law School.
Background
Lawyer, Sole Practitioner, Gordon F. Luborsky, Barrister and Solicitor, 1998-Present; Co-Chair, Labour and Employment Law Group, Lang Mitchener, Barristers and Solicitors, 1995-1998; Articling Student, Associate and Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie, Barristers and Solicitors, 1982-1994.
Standard Fees for Cancellation
Notification of cancellation received less than 7 days of scheduled hearing/mediation – 60% of block fee; Notification of cancellation received 7 – 14 days of scheduled hearing/mediation – 40% of block fee; Notification of cancellation received 15 – 30 days prior to scheduled hearing/mediation – 30% of block fee; Notification of cancellation received over 30 days prior to scheduled hearing – 10% filing charge;
Lists and Panels
List of arbitrators under the Ontario Labour Relations Act; On a number of panels under specific collective agreements; List of arbitrators for Grievance Settlement Board.
Related Adjudication Experience
Consensual arbitrator in wrongful dismissal civil litigations; ADR in business litigation (shareholder agreements, rental, commercial transactions); insurance/personal injury matters.
Associations
Law Society of Ontario; Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators’ Association (OLMAA) and National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA)
Arbitration Awards on CanLII
See Arbitrator Luborsky’s awards on CanLII.
Note: CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, offers free access to the full text of recent awards by this arbitrator.
Related Publications
Case report on recent jurisdictional dispute decisions by the Ontario Labour Board (January, 1999); “Employee Video Surveillance Revisited”, Labour Alert (February, 1998); “Technological Change in the Workplace”, CLV Special Report, (Carswell: September, 1997) Co-author; “Employee Surveillance: Defining the Boundaries”, CLV Special Report (Carswell: Fall, 1997) Co-author; “Employer Discretion to Outsource Not Unfettered”, Labour Alert (June, 1997).
Arbitrators are invited to send awards to decisions@lancasterhouse.com. In an effort to facilitate access to justice, Lancaster House forwards all awards it receives from arbitrators to CanLII.
