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Posted on April 24, 2021April 25, 2021

B.C. – court enforces parties’ choice to apply International Commercial Arbitration Act to employment disputes – #465

…SCC 65, with particular emphasis on Nolin v. Ramirez, 2020 BCCA 274 and Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7. “[45] In Nolin and…

Posted on December 30, 2022March 13, 2023

Lisa’s 2022 Hot Topic #1: Arbitrator resignation – the when, how, and what next? – #696

…enunciated by the Supreme Court of Canada in Wastech Services Ltd. v Greater Vancouver Sewerage, 2021 SCC 71. In other words, the arbitrator had to consider whether the resignation would…

Posted on July 22, 2021May 4, 2022

B.C. – party not abandoning position made in written argument, despite counsel’s failure to object to arbitrator’s contrary understanding – #512

…mala fides”. Justice Smith summarized the leading case of Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71 and noted that the decision of Wastech Services Ltd. v Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage…

Posted on February 23, 2021June 27, 2021

Manitoba – attaching conditions to award of damages is an error of law – #430

…Vavilov applies to private commercial arbitration where legislation provides for appeal – #420” Canada’s Supreme Court in Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7…

Posted on January 5, 2022May 4, 2022

Laura’s 2021 Top Pick: B.C. – Spirit Bay Developments Limited Partnership v. Scala Developments Consultants Ltd. – #569

…Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada refused to definitely resolve the question because, among other…

Posted on October 3, 2025December 4, 2025

Manitoba – First CA finding reasonableness standard applies to commercial award appeals – #921

…or Teal Cedar. However, the issue of the applicability of Vavilov to commercial arbitration awards arose in the Supreme Court of Canada decision of Wastech Services Ltd. v Greater Vancouver…

Posted on January 3, 2025January 10, 2025

Jim’s 2024 Hot Topic – The duty of good faith in domestic arbitration – #885

…and Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2020 SCC 7 (“Wastech”). Bhasin recognized:  “an organizing principle of good faith that underlies and manifests itself in various…

Posted on February 26, 2021April 24, 2021

Québec – ‘best to leave it to the Supreme Court to reverse or distinguish its own majority decisions’ – #431

…Vavilov applies to private commercial arbitration where legislation provides for appeal – #420”. Canada’s Supreme Court in Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7…

Posted on September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

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

…the matter.’” Justice Bourque rejected the Respondents’ argument that a reasonableness standard applies for two reasons. First, he observed that the Supreme Court of Canada’s majority decision in Wastech Services…

Posted on April 28, 2022April 26, 2022

B.C. – Appeal of award granted; arbitrator re-wrote parties’ contract – #611

…canvassed this issue. He considered the majority and minority decisions in Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7, which the parties rely on here, concluding…

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