607 – 499 Broughton St.
Vancouver BC  V6G 3K1
Tel: (604) 789-8775
Fax: (250) 764-7518
Email: ct@colintaylor.ca
Website: www.colintaylor.ca

Primary Jurisdiction

British Columbia

Arbitration Practice

In practice since 1975; also active in Alberta, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Yukon and federal jurisdiction.

Education

B.A., 1970, LL.B., 1971 (Gold Medallist), University of Alberta.

Background

15 years general practice with emphasis on labour law; Faculty Member 1971-1974, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta.

Standard Fees for Cancellation

Fee one month or more prior to hearing; fee three weeks or more prior to hearing; office admin. fee two weeks or more prior to hearing; fee one week or more prior to hearing; regular fees less than one week prior to hearing; fee if date of cancelled hearing is used for another hearing.

Lists and Panels

B.C. Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau; Public Service Employee Relations Commission/B.C.G.E.U.; Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau/C.E.P.U.; Forest companies/I.W.A.; B.C. International Commercial Arbitration Centre (Domestic Panel); Health Employers’ Association of B.C./health care unions; P.E.I. Health Negotiation Committee (health care unions); Yukon Public Service Staff Relations Act and Yukon Education Act; Province of Prince Edward Island Arbitration and Mediation list.

Related Adjudication Experience

First Nations; estate disputes; partnership disputes; shareholder rights; construction; contract; harassment; productivity issues; marketing boards.

Associations

Arbitrators Association of British Columbia; Alberta Arbitrators Association; International Society for Labour Law and Social Security.

Arbitration Awards on CanLII

For Arbitrator Taylor’s awards on CanLII, click here. Note: CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, offers free access to the full text of recent awards by this arbitrator.

Related Publications

“Mediation in a Labour Setting”, (Continuing Legal Education of British Columbia, 1991); “Health Labour Relations in B.C.: The New Order”, (Canadian Institute Conference, October, 1996); “Personal Harassment in the Workplace”, (Pacific Law and Business Conference, December, 1996); “The Application of Dispute Resolution Techniques to Health Care Reform Issues in Prince Edward Island and British Columbia”, (Intergovernmental Workshop on Collective Bargaining, Classification and Compensation, June, 1997, Charlottetown, P.E.I.); “Recent Developments in Rights Arbitration: Subsequent-Event Evidence, Duty to Accommodate, Personal Harassment”, (Intergovernmental Workshop on Collective Bargaining, Classification and Compensation, June, 1997, Charlottetown, P.E.I.).

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.