In 1550 Alberni Limited Partnership v. Northwest Community Enterprises Ltd., 2023 BCCA 141, the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of Justice Groves, who refused to grant leave to appeal from an arbitral award that turned largely on the Arbitrator’s interpretation of the parties’ agreement, as modified during the course of its performance. The Court found that the petitioner failed to establish that the proposed appeal raised an extricable question of law – because there was some evidence that supported the findings of fact. In so doing, the Court left the issue of the standard of review of the Arbitrator’s decision following the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653 for another day.
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