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Différend lié au secteur public : Comparaison des coûts d’un litige par rapport à un arbitrage dans l’Ouest canadien

Les services publics, les municipalités et autres entités gouvernementales ou quasi gouvernementales font face à des défis uniques lorsqu’ils cherchent à évaluer les risques liés aux règlements de leurs différends. Ils...more

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Ontario Court of Appeal Strikes Important Balance in Applying Exceptions to the Kompetenz-Kompetenz Principle

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Last week, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision Lochan v Binance Holdings Limited, 2024 ONCA 784 [Binance], in which it refused to stay a class action proceeding in favour of arbitration. In doing so, the Court...more

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Dancing the Two-Step to Appeal an Arbitration Award in Alberta

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In its recent decision in Quanta Canada Holdings II ULC v Bremar Construction Ltd, 2024 ABKB 317, the Alberta Court of King's Bench (the Court) established a principled framework for considering an application for permission...more

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Ontario Court Confirms Forum Selection Clause Does Not Override Place of Arbitration

Introduction - In Tehama Group Inc. v. Pythian Services Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) provided insightful commentary about the interplay between arbitration and forum selection clauses and dismissed...more

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Alberta Court Articulates Important Exceptions to the Kompetenz-Kompetenz Principle and the Scope of Arbitration Clauses

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A recent decision of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench in Orica Canada Inc v ARVOS GmbH, 2024 ABKB 97 [Orica] has attracted considerable attention among members of the arbitration bar. In it, the Court of King’s Bench...more

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Arbitration Angle - 2023 Edition - Reflecting On A Year Of Decisions And Looking Ahead

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UN Member States Adopt Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in Investor-State Disputes - At its 56th annual session held in Vienna in July 2023, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) formally...more

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A Tribunal's Interpretation of a Prior Arbitral Award: A Question of Law

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In its recent decision in Kingsgate Property Ltd. v Vancouver School District No. 39, 2023 BCSC 560, the Supreme Court of British Columbia considered, among other things, whether an arbitral tribunal's interpretation of a...more

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Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Clarity Regarding Appeals of Domestic Arbitral Awards

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Commercial arbitration is widely perceived as a pathway to obtaining a final and binding decision (styled as an "award") that is not subject to appeal. However, this is not always the case in Canada. The degree of finality of...more

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Court Confirms Arbitration Award as Not in Manifest Disregard of the Law

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Metso Minerals Canada Inc. and Metso Minerals Industries Inc. entered into a contract with ArcelorMittal Exploitation Miniere Canada and ArcelorMittal Canada Inc. to supply a specialized mill to a mining mill that...more

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Keeping up with the Convention: Ontario Modernizes Its International Commercial Arbitration Regime

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A new statutory regime governing international commercial arbitration came into effect in Ontario in March 2017, with the International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, SO 2017, c 2, replacing the International Commercial...more

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International Arbitration Newsletter - July 2016

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Privy Council clarifies the nature of arbitration clauses, but uncertainties about the clauses’ effect still remain. “Non-exclusive” arbitration clauses provide that disputes “may” be referred to arbitration (rather than...more

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