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Errol P. Mendes

Address: 

Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada

Phone Number: 
613-562-5890
Fax Number: 
613-562-5124
Email: 
emendes@uottawa.ca
Born: 
1956 Kenya
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
Canadian
British
Education: 
First Class Honours, LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) University of Exeter, England, 1977; LL.M. (Master of Laws) University of Illinois, U.S.A.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario, 1986
Present Position: 
Professor of Law, Barrister and Solicitor
Professional Experience: 

Professor of Law at the University of Alberta, Canada (1979-1984); Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario (1984-1991); Visiting Professor of Law, McGill University (1991-1992); Professor of Law, University of Ottawa (1992- to present); Senior Advisor, Privy Council Office (Prime Minister of Canada’s Department) (2005-2006); Consultant to several of Canada’s largest corporations on corporate governance and corporate integrity (1993 to present); Quasi-Judicial Tribunal Member, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, (1995-1998); Advisor to the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations on the Global Compact (1999 to present)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Canadian Roster of ICC Arbitrators

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitration Panel Member, International Commercial Arbitration, under AAA supervision, between a U.S. and German Company, New York City, 1988. Subject matter: Intellectual property dispute; Sole Arbitrator, ICC Arbitration between an American company and a Caribbean company, Chicago, 1992. Subject matter: Contract dispute; ICC Arbitration Panel Member, between a Canadian company and an Indian company, London, England, 2005-2006. Subject matter: Contract dispute.

Areas of Specialization: 
Comparative Law
Corporate
International Arbitration
International Business Transactions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Mendes, Errol P., “Assessing the Ultimate Question About International Commercial Arbitration; The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards” (1992), 5 Canada – U.S. Business Law Review 233; Mendes, Errol P.,
The U.N. Sales Convention and U.S.-Canada Transactions: Enticing the World’s Largest Trading Bloc to Do Business Under a Global Sales Law, 8 J.L.& COM. 109, 109 (1988).