notes on new arbitration cases in Canada
…Corporation and its affiliates (“Petrowest”). On August 15, 2017, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ordered Petrowest and affiliates into receivership pursuant to s. 243 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency…
…Petrowest Services Rentals LP by its general partner Petrowest GP Ltd., c.o.b. “Nu-Northern Tractor Rentals”; (v) Petrowest GP Ltd., as general partner of Petrowest Civil Services LP, Petrowest Construction LP…
…as of September 1, 2020, B.C.’s new Arbitration Act, SBC 2020, c 2 replaced the former Arbitration Act. Petrowest Corporation (“Petrowest”) is in receivership. Its affiliates have been assigned into…
…of Canada’s decision in Petrowest may well quickly render this decision obsolete, but unlike Petrowest, this case involved an international arbitration agreement. Justice Penny focused his analysis on the interplay…
…legislation). The Supreme Court of Canada has before it the principle of separabiity for the first time in Petrowest Corporation v Peace River Hydro Partners, 2020 BCCA 339. For earlier…
…term “inoperative” in the context of a stay application in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings in Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41 (“Petrowest”). Justice Côté, writing for…
