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Posted on January 16, 2023March 13, 2023

Liz’s 2022 Hot Topic: Treatment of arbitration agreements in 2022 – #703

…agreements are well drafted. Petrowest is discussed in Arbitration Matters Case Notes Supreme Court – Peace River v Petrowest Part 1: Separability Clarified? – #682 and Supreme Court – Peace…

Posted on June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

Ontario – Technical requirements for stay are precondition to competence-competence principle – #909

…Peace River v Petrowest Part 1: Separability Clarified? – #682 – Arbitration Matters; Supreme Court – Peace River v Petrowest Part 2: no conflict between arbitration, bankruptcy law – #687…

Posted on February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

B.C. – Court finds pre-condition to competence-competence – #895

…the dispute, apply to that court to stay the proceedings.” The Chambers Judge began her analysis by citing the statement in Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC…

Posted on January 5, 2023March 13, 2023

Eric/James’s 2022 Hot Topic: What is next for arbitration and insolvency? (Part 1) – #698

…v Petrowest, 2022 SCC 41 (“Petrowest”) and the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Mundo Media Ltd. (Re), 2022 ONCA 607 (“Mundo”). Both decisions, in different ways, concern the tension…

Posted on October 7, 2024October 4, 2024

B.C. – Stay of action fails where party first brought motion to strike – #866

…(1) Did the motion to strike constitute a “step in the proceedings”? In Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41, the Supreme Court of Canada articulated the…

Posted on November 22, 2024November 20, 2024

Québec – Peace River not considered where referral to arbitration sought under LACC/CCAA – #877

…Court did not address the application  of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41, which examined interactions between insolvency and…

Posted on August 14, 2023August 18, 2023

Alberta – Misapplication of separability principle in contract dispute – #762

…to arbitrate while litigating main contract – #399 ; Supreme Court – Peace River v Petrowest Part 1: Separability Clarified? – #682; Supreme Court – Peace River v Petrowest Part…

Posted on June 29, 2026June 29, 2026

Ontario – Peace River broadened proper parties to arbitration – #951

…parties were signatories to the arbitration agreement and it was “arguable” that others were also parties.  The Court found that Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corporation, 2022 SCC 41 broadened…

Posted on May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

Ontario – Peace River “arguable case” standard applies to ICAA stay motion – #739

…agreement that grounds the stay of proceedings. The Court of Appeal found that Peace River Hydro Partners v Petrowest Corp, 2022 SCC 41 supersedes the stay analysis articulated in Haas…

Posted on September 16, 2025September 23, 2025

Ontario – A first: arbitration an appropriate alternative to judicial review – #917

…by arbitration. Analysis – The Court applied the two-part test from Peace River Hydro Partners v Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41 (“Peace River”) to determine whether to stay the judicial…

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