729 Briar Hill Avenue
Toronto ON  M6B 1L6
Tel: (416) 784-3891
Fax: (416) 784-9200
Email: robherman@robertjherman.ca

Primary Jurisdiction

Ontario

Arbitration Practice

In practice since 1986; also active in federal jurisdiciton.

Education

B.Sc., 1972, LL.B., 1976, University of Toronto; LL.M., 1984, Harvard University.

Standard Fees for Cancellation

$700.00 if notification received more than 30 days prior to hearing; $1,750.00 if notification received 30 days or less before hearing; where another matter is scheduled on a cancelled date, the cancellation fee will be reduced by the amount charged to the other matter for that day.

Lists and Panels

Hydro One and Society of Energy Professionals; Ontario Power Generation and Power Workers Union; Ontario Power Generation and Society of Energy Professionals; Ontario Ministry of Labour; Masonry Contractors Assn. of Toronto/Labourers’ Local 183; Residential Framers’ Assn./Labourers Local 183; Toronto Musicians Assn.; Interior Systems Contractors Assn. of Ontario/Painters Local 1891 and Drywall Local 675; Hydro One/Power Workers’ Union; Atomic Energy of Canada/Power Workers’ Union; University of Toronto/United Steelworkers’ Union; Ryder Dedicated Logistics/CAW; Ontario Ministry of Labour – section 49.

Related Adjudication Experience

Vice-Chair, Ontario Labour Relations Board, 1986-1995; Alternate Chair, Ontario Labour Relations Board, 1995-1998.

Associations

Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association; Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA); Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR); Toronto Area Industrial Relations Association; National Academy of Arbitrators.

Arbitration Awards on CanLII

For Arbitrator Herman’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.

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.