Publications
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*Author - "The Correctness Standard of Review. What is in a Name?"
The Advocate, v. 81 Part 1, January 2023
*Author - "A Single Arbitration Act for Commercial Arbitration: The Key Recommendation of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society’s Arbitration Act Reform Committee"
Canadian Journal of commercial Arbitration 2023 Vol 3 No 2.
*Author - "Arbitration Decision Making – By the Numbers"
ADRIC Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal, Spring 2020, v.29, No 1 p. 21 (Also published in New York Dispute Resolution
Lawyer, Spring 2020, v. 131. No. 1, p. 44).,
*Co-Author - "The Mirage of Mandatory Arbitration"
Annual Review of Civil Litigation, p. 93, Fall 2019
*Author - "Does Arbitration Trump A2J? Answer coming from SCC"
The Lawyers Daily, June 14, 2019
*Author - "TELUS v. Wellman Calls for Legislative Action"
The Lawyer's Daily, April 16, 2019
*Charts, Quotes & Surveys - "The Great Debate: Ad Hoc v Administered Arbitration"
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators North American Branch meeting, October 29, 2018
*Author - "The Effect in Ontario of the New York Convention on the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards"
The Advocates’ Quarterly, v.47 no. 3, October 2017
*Author - "A Practical Introduction to Arbitration"
The Advocates’ Quarterly, v.47 no. 2, August 2017
*Author - "Evidence First Arbitration: A Conceptual Framework for Arbitration Efficiency"
Chapter 6, A Practitioner’s Guide to Commercial Arbitration, Marvin Huberman ed., Irwin Law, 2017
*Author - "A Brief History of Arbitration"
The Advocates’ Quarterly, v.47 no. 1, June 2017
*Author - "The Future of Canadian Arbitration"
The Lawyers Weekly, March 31, 2017
*Author - "Mediation is Not Enough"
ADR Perspectives, February 2017
*Author - "Reforming Arbitration Appeals"
The Advocate, v.75, Part 1, January 2017
*Author - "Court got it wrong in Novatrax"
The Lawyers Weekly, December 9, 2016
*Author - "Arbitration at the Crossroads: The Supreme Court of Canada will choose the way"
The Lawyers Weekly, October 28, 2016
*Author - "Ontario Court of Appeal Supports Sattva"
The Lawyers Weekly, June 17, 2016
*Author - "Arbitration Appointments Made Easy"
ADR Perspectives, December 2015
*Author - "Emergency Relief in Arbitration"
The Lawyer’s Weekly, October 30, 2015
*Author - "To Achieve Equity, Apply the Law"
The Lawyer's Weekly, June 19, 2015
*Author - "International Arbitrations: Short and Sweet"
The Lawyers Weekly, February 13, 2015
*Author - "On Appeals, The Provinces Differ"
The Lawyers Weekly, December 12, 2014
*Co-Author - "Case Comment on Sattva Capital v. Creston Moly Corp [2014] S.C.J. No 53"
Lawyers Weekly, September 19, 2014
*Author - "The Jurisdiction of Tribunals to Control Counsel Conduct"
Canadian Mediation and Arbitration Journal, Vol 22, No 1, Summer 2013
*Author - "Correctness and deference in the review of arbitral jurisdiction: Mexico v. Cargill"
The Advocates’ Journal, Summer 2013
*Author - "Paring Back Procedural Wrangling – an alternative to meta-disputes"
Lawyers Weekly, June 14, 2013
“Where do the costs come from?”
*Author - "Arbitration and the Rules of Evidence"
Lawyers Weekly, March 29, 2013
*Author - "Arbitration and the Development of the Law"
Lawyers Weekly, September 14, 2012
*Author - "Oral Advocacy in International Arbitration"
Lawyers Weekly, June 15, 2012
*Author - "Confidentiality in Canadian Litigation"
International Bar Association, 2012
Chapter 4, Privilege and Confidentiality: An International Handbook (2nd ed.), Greenwald and Russenberger (eds).
*Author - "Advocacy in Arbitration"
Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal, December 20, 2012
*Author - "Discovery in International Arbitration"
Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal, Spring 2011
*Author - "Enforcing Arbitration Agreements Against Non-signatory Parties"
The Lawyers Weekly, February 11, 2011
*Author - "The Dark Art of Cross-Examination"
The Lawyers Weekly, Sept 17, 2010
*Author - "Neutrality of Party-Appointed Arbitrators: Myth or Reality?"
The Lawyers Weekly, April 2, 2010
*Co-Rapporteur with Guido Cravetto - "International Dispute Resolution and Enforcement – A Comparative Analysis of WTO, VIT, ICC and Domestic Dispute Resolution"
International Bar Association, International Litigation Newsletter, April, 2009
*Author - "Arbitration: Don’t Think of it as an Alternative to Litigation"
The Lawyers Weekly, April 3, 2009
*Author - "The Enforcement of Dispute Resolution Clauses"
Arbitration Committee Newsletter, International Bar Association, March 2008
Report on Opening Session of the Arbitration Committee in Singapore, October 15, 2007.
*Author - "Litigation or Arbitration: Alternative Routes to Justice"
The Lawyers Weekly, March 28, 2008
*Co-Author - "Liability of Directors and Officers in Canada"
Yorkhill Law Publishing, 2007
William G. Horton, Martha Cook and Dera J. Nevin
*Author - "Low Threshold Set for Court Appeals of Arbitration Awards"
The Lawyers Weekly, September 14, 2007
*Co-Author - "Expert Witness Evidence in Civil Cases"
Presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Evidence Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, September 19-20, 2007. Updated version of paper previously published in the Advocates Quarterly, 2004, v. 29 p. 153.
*Author - "Experts: a View from the Trenches"
IBA Academics and Professional Development Newsletter, September 2007
Presented at the Law Society of Upper Canada Conference on Advanced Commercial Arbitration, April 30, 2007
*Author - "How to Draft Effective Arbitration Clauses"
The Lawyers Weekly, March 30, 2007
*Author - "The Admissibility of Evidence Based on Novel Science"
The Advocates’ Quarterly, Vol. 31. p. 469, 2006
*Author - "Directors’ liability and the individual assessment of fault"
The Advocates’ Society Journal, December 2006
Formerly titled: “Differential Liability: What is a Director to Do?” Presented at conference on Threats and Opportunities: Litigating under the OBCA/CBCA, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, Ontario, Monday, May 1, 2006.
*Author - "Canadian Arbitration Jurisprudence: An Update"
IBA Legal Practice Division Arbitration Committee Newsletter, Vol.11, No. 2, p.7, September 2006
Co-Author - "Canada Chapter, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2006"
Global Legal Group Ltd., London, p. 79-85, 2006
*Author - "The Freedom to Draft your own Procedures in Arbitration has Limits"
The Lawyers Weekly, March 31, 2006
Author - "Computer-Based Forensic Investigations"
Blakes Bulletin on Litigation, May 2005
Co-Author - "Confidentiality in Canadian Litigation"
The Advocates’ Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 4, P. 381, March 2005
Co-Author - "The Use of Expert Witness Evidence in Civil Cases"
The Advocates’ Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 2, P. 153, October 2004
*Author - "Scalability in Arbitration: Make the Rules Fit the Ruckus"
The Lawyers Weekly, September 10, 2004
*Author - "What I Want From the Court of Appeal"
The Advocates’ Society Journal, P. 3, September 2004
Author - "Directors’ and Officers’ Transactions with the Corporation"
Blakes Bulletin on Litigation, September 2004
Co-Author - "The Class Action Settlement: An Overview"
Class Action Journal, Federated Press, March 31, 2003
*Author - "ADR in Canada: Options for the appropriate resolution of business disputes"
The Advocates’ Society Journal, September 2002
*Author - "Arbitration Clauses: Points to Ponder"
The Advocates’ Society Journal, December 2000
Co-Editor - "Litigation Issues in the Distribution of Securities: An International Perspective"
Kluwer Law International, 1997
William G. Horton and Gerhard Wegen (eds). Contents: Chapter on Liability for Misrepresentation in the Distribution of Securities in Canada, William G. Horton and Kathryn J. Manning.
Legal Editor - "An Introduction to Investigative and Forensic Accounting Practice Issues"
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, 1995
Gerard B. McInnis, et al. (authors), William G. Horton, et al. (legal eds), Toronto.
Author - "Insolvency litigation strategy: high speed tactics in a high stakes game."
Canadian Institute, 1994
Toronto, Ont.
Co-Author - "Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation"
Graham & Trotman, 1994
Anthony Colman (ed), London. Contents: Chapter on Canada, Horton, William G.; Dansereau, Stephane; and Goulden, James H.
Co-Author - "Agent’s and broker’s liability: how it can arise and how to prevent it."
62 Assurances 455-479, Cite: (Oct. 1994)
William G. Horton and Diane L. Evans
Co-Editor - "Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Worldwide (2nd edition)"
Graham & Trotman, 1993
Charles Platto and William G. Horton (eds), London.
Co-Author - "International Liability of Corporate Directors"
Lloyds of London Press, 1993
Dennis Campbell and Christian Campbell (eds), Chapter on Canada, London. New edition will be published fall of 2007.
Author - "The Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Ontario"
11 Advocates’ Q. 89-116, Cite: (1988/89)
Horton, William G.
Author - "Taking and enforcing guarantees"
1 Nat Creditor D Rev 2:4-11, Cite: (1986)
Horton, William G.