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Posted on August 15, 2023August 14, 2023

B.C. – No unfairness for procedural irregularity, no jurisdiction to review facts – #763

…should review the award on the appellate standard in light of Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65. Like dozens of courts across the country before,…

Posted on September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Alberta – Court reviews preliminary jurisdictional award for correctness de novo – #663

…Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65. Vavilov overhauled the standard of review analysis in administrative law in Canada, ruling that the reasonableness standard applies to all judicial reviews of administrative…

Posted on August 6, 2021January 10, 2023

B.C. – Portion of arbitral award set aside; re-hearing to be conducted by different arbitrator – #518

…of a number of conflicting decisions by Canadian courts since the Supreme Court of Canada decision of Canada  (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65. Spirit Bay…

Posted on October 8, 2020June 2, 2021

B.C. – court qualifies parties’ agreement to require only summary reasons as “penny-wise and pound-foolish” – #381

…at paras 30-39 to determine whether the Supreme Court of Canada’s December 2019 decision in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 applied to the standard…

Posted on January 7, 2022May 4, 2022

Myriam’s 2021 Top Pick: B.C. – lululemon athletica inc. v. Industrial Color Productions Inc. – #571

…Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53and Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65have any application to applications to set aside international arbitral awards under…

Posted on March 27, 2021

Ontario – jurisdiction involves whether arbitrator has authority to make inquiry, not the answer to the inquiry – #458

…treatments of Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 but supported applying the correctness standard to a review of an arbitrator’s award for reasons set out…

Posted on April 15, 2021April 24, 2021

Alberta – “surrounding circumstances” for contract interpretation exclude subjective intentions – #460

…subsequently Vavilov”, Sullivan J. stated his agreement that Vavilov modified the standard of review for arbitration appeals. Sullivan J. also distinguished Alberta’s Arbitration Act from the B.C. legislation, noting that…

Posted on December 19, 2022December 15, 2022

Ontario – High threshold to set aside international award for damages not met – #694

…causation. She also rejected that Vavilov had any application, noting that, “[i]n the face of the jurisprudence directing courts to accord broad respect and deference to decisions made by arbitral…

Posted on July 22, 2021May 4, 2022

Ontario – Court application under Model Law Art. 16(3) to “decide the matter” of the tribunal’s jurisdiction is a hearing de novo and not a “review” of the tribunal’s decision – #513

…on post-award jurisdictional challenge – #272. Second, the Divisional Court relied upon Canada Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, at para. 37, and Housen v. Nikolaisen,…

Posted on May 6, 2024May 3, 2024

Ontario – Award unreasonable where tribunal failed to follow binding law on frustration – #832

…– The parties agreed that the reasonableness standard applied. The Court quoted from several decisions, including Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 [Vavilov], explaining the…

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