INDUSTRIES
The following are some of the industries in which Glen W. Bell is knowledgeable based on his long professional experience and training in commercial/contract disputes:
- Resource Management – mining; agriculture; fishing; logging; gas/oil
- Distributorship
- Franchising
- Strata Property (condominiums)
- Real estate – sales; development; taxation; valuation; commercial tenancy
- Land Use – resort planning; boundary disputes
- Construction – building and equipment design; owner-contractor-subcontractor disputes
- Transportation – common carriers; pipelines
- Telecommunications – telephone system construction; rate setting
- Oil/gas Exploration and Distribution – pipeline construction; environmental and socio-economic impact
- Waste Management – toxic and solid waste treatment and disposal; contaminated sites; environmental impact
- International transactions – goods, services
- Estates
- Professional and business ethics
SPECIAL SKILLS
In addition to the usual litigation/arbitration skills, Glen W. Bell claims special expertise in the following:
- Impact of statutory provisions on contract interpretation
- Understanding and assessing expert reports in a variety of fields – engineering, architecture, science, economics, finance, medicine, land surveying, valuation and others
- Familiarity with arbitration statutes of all Canadian jurisdictions
- Familiarity with various sets of arbitration rules: ADRIC, UNCITRAL, ICC, VanIAC, CCDC, AAA, etc. decision-writing – 300+ decisions; teaching award-writing to arbitrators
- Mediation as an adjunct to arbitration; med-arb
- Chair of 3-person panels