Graeme Mew is a lawyer and a dispute resolution professional offering advocacy, mediation, arbitration and third party neutral services to parties involved in or seeking to avoid civil disputes. He brings to the dispute resolution process 25 years as a litigation lawyer practising in England and Ontario (Canada) backed by extensive training in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and experience as a neutral. Graeme Mew is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an accredited mediator by the Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR).  He is a member of a number of prominent panels of mediators and arbitrators including the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS·U.S.), ADR Chambers, Sport Resolutions and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC).  He is a judicial officer for the International Rugby Board and a Specialist Member of the Football Association Judicial Panel. Graeme Mew knows that effective dispute resolution often depends on the ability of the lawyer or the neutral to fully understand and articulate the issues. The ability to listen, to see the bigger picture and to be creative and practical in helping to bring about resolution of the dispute is all-important.

Graeme Mew has litigated, arbitrated or mediated a wide variety of civil disputes involving insurance law (including excess and reinsurance issues), contract and tort law (including personal injury, product liability, trade, business disputes and transportation), professional liability (including liability of hospitals, lawyers, physicians and accountants and related insurance issues), commercial transactions, financial services, international and cross-border issues, sports law and liability of directors and officers.

Graeme Mew is a member of the Chambers of Jeremy Stuart-Smith QC at Four New Square in London, England. He is also a member of the Canadian law firm of Nicholl Paskell-Mede LLP, with offices in Toronto and Montréal. He has undertaken work as a neutral in the UK, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, Namibia and France. He divides his personal and professional time between London and Toronto.

Graeme Mew has a particular interest in sports law and the resolution of sports disputes. He is actively involved in the rugby community in Canada and internationally. 

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