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General Biography
Practice Areas
Banking
Business Commercial
Employment Law
Entertainment & Sports
Estate Probate Trusts
Higher Education & Title IX
International & Cross-Border
Personal Injury
Professional Liability
Real Property
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities
Background and Education
The Honourable Justice Hugh L. Fraser (Ret.), O.C., FCIArb, FCollArb joined JAMS after an accomplished career as a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (Ottawa). He was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Court in 1993 and became regional senior justice for the East Region of Ontario in 2013, a position in which he managed and advised more than 70 judges and justices of the peace. During his 25-year tenure on the bench, Justice Fraser conducted thousands of trials and directly mediated countless settlements in cases involving complex business/commercial, professional liability, torts, family, criminal and personal injury matters.
Justice Fraser is an Olympian and a recognized international authority in sports law. As an arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), he was appointed to CAS’s first ad hoc court and has served as either sole or panel arbitrator in dozens of sports-related disputes. He is a member of several ADR panels in North America and Europe, and has conducted arbitrations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, Brazil, Grenada, Malaysia and Switzerland.
Prior to his appointment to the bench, Justice Fraser worked as a barrister in private practice, as counsel to the Canadian Department of Justice and as corporate counsel for a multinational technology firm. He has also served on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
First Acting Commissioner, Athletics Canada – Track and Field Federation
Arbitrator, National Hockey League (NHL) Players Association World Cup
Appointed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland
Member, Disciplinary Tribunal, Inaugural International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
Arbitrator, Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games
Arbitrator, Anti-Doping Panel, Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA)
Arbitrator, International Centre for Dispute Resolution
Arbitrator, Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada
Arbitrator, Swiss Arbitration Association
Member, Dubin Commission of Inquiry Into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance
Former Chair, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Sport (which resulted in the creation of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada)
Representative Matters
Mediated environmental case involving Ontario Ministry of the Environment, a large construction company and a power company
Chaired numerous human rights tribunals examining allegations of discrimination against the federal government (Canada)
Rendered several precedent-setting decisions, including a gender discrimination case that resulted in significant changes to the Unemployment Insurance Act (Canada)
Rendered decisions in cases involving age discrimination, mandatory retirement and religious accommodation in the Canadian Armed Forces
Advised the personnel department of a technology company and established policies with regard to employment-related issues such as dismissals, layoffs and disability entitlements
Advised corporate management in areas of corporate compliance, workplace health and safety requirements and government relations
As counsel at the Department of Justice, negotiated contracts for the Canadian Armed Forces as part of the multi-billion-dollar fighter aircraft program
Negotiated contracts with many large aircraft suppliers on behalf of the Canadian government
Investigated accidental death of a Canadian Armed Forces pilot
As counsel for the Alzheimer’s Society, dealt with issues of elder abuse and made recommendations to the public trustee and attorney general that resulted in a new Powers of Attorney Act for Ontario
Presided over workplace wrongful death and serious injury trials
Presided over many sexual harassment and sexual misconduct trials
Served as case management and pre-trial judge for trials involving allegations of expense fraud against several members of Canada’s Senate
Arbitrated a contract dispute between an NHL coach and an NHL team
Sports
Served as chair, sole and wing arbitrator for dozens of cases involving allegations of doping, breach of employment contracts and governance issues
Mediated multiple athlete/coach disputes
Arbitrated dozens of complaints by athletes against their sport governing body regarding their non-selection to a national team or international games team
Arbitrated disputes between national sport governing bodies over licensing matters and governance issues
Arbitrated a dispute between a sports marketing agent over breach of his marketing contract with an international sport governing body
Arbitrated a dispute between two national soccer associations
Served as party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute between two international sport federations
Investigated code of conduct and conflict of interest complaints as well as complaints of sexual misconduct by a female athlete against her coach
Assisted a national sports organization with the revision of its harassment policy
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities
Completed Virtual ADR training conducted by the JAMS Institute, the training arm of JAMS. Memberships
Administrative Officer, Independent Resolution Panel, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 2020-present
Lanark County Law Dinner, Ethics, Professionalism and Civility in Court, 2014
Guest Speaker, Queen’s University Alumni Week, 2014
Speaker, Christian Legal Fellowship Christmas Banquet, 2013
Young Lawyers Trial Advocacy Program, 2013
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Criminal Law Career Panel, 2013
CBC/Ottawa Public Library Human Book, 2013
Black Law Students Association of Canada, National Moot Court Competition, 2013
Guns and Gangs Symposium, Ottawa, 2012
Judge and Speaker, Capital Cup Moot Court Competition, 2012
Speaker, Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner, 2011
Panel Member, Black History Month, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2011
Speaker, Black History Month, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, 2010
Panel Member, Professional Responsibility and Ethics in the Criminal Justice System, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, 2010
Background and Education
Justice, Ontario Court of Justice, 1993–2018
Barrister and Solicitor, Private Practice, 1983–1993
In-House Counsel, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1987–1990
Chair, Sports Experts Panel, Dubin Commission of Inquiry Into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance, 1988–1990
Counsel, Department of Justice, 1981–1983
Barrister and Solicitor, Private Practice, 1979–1981
Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1979
J.D., University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, 1977
B.A., Political Studies and History, Queen’s University, 1974
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