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In its recent decision in Quanta Canada Holdings II ULC v Bremar Construction Ltd, 2024 ABKB 317, the Alberta Court of King's Bench (the Court) established a principled framework for considering an application for permission...more
The Alberta Rules of Court require parties to an action before the Alberta Court of King’s Bench to participate in some form of alternate dispute resolution process before they can attend trial....more
In London District Catholic School Board v. Weilgosh, 2024 CanLII 20606 (ON SCDC), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court (Divisional Court) rejected an employer’s argument that the Human Rights Tribunal of...more
The recent Court of King's Bench of Alberta decision in 2329716 Alberta Ltd v. Randhawa [Randhawa] considered whether the court has jurisdiction to hear an interim injunction where the contracting parties agreed to resolve...more
On November 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued its much-anticipated decision in Peace River Hydro Partners v Petrowest Corp, 2022 SCC 41, addressing a key intersection of insolvency and arbitration law—whether...more
In Power Workers’ Union v Elexicon Energy Inc., 2022 CanLII 7228 (ON LA) (Elexicon Energy), a union challenged the reasonableness of an electricity distribution company’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy (Policy). ...more
The Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed that, subject to express legislative intent to the contrary, where labour legislation provides for the final settlement of disputes arising from a collective agreement, the...more
In De Facendis v. Toronto Parking Authority, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that when a claim for workplace sexual harassment and workplace sexual assault “arises under the collective agreement,” a labour...more
Dans le cadre d’arbitrages commerciaux internationaux, il arrive couramment que la partie gagnante se voie accorder les frais et honoraires d’avocat raisonnables qu’elle a réellement encourus pour plaider l’affaire. La loi...more
In domestic and international commercial arbitrations, it is common for successful parties to be awarded their actual reasonable legal fees and disbursements. The legislation governing domestic commercial arbitrations in...more
In Garda Security Screening Inc. v. IAM, District 140 (Shoker Grievance) [2020] O.L.A.A. No. 162 (Garda Grievance), a labour arbitrator dismissed a grievance pertaining to the for-cause dismissal of a unionized employee who...more
The Canadian Institute’s 20th Annual Conference on Advanced Administrative Law and Practice returns this year, in a fully virtual and interactive format, to help you make sense of these developments, understand how you are...more
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is streamlining its arbitration process to reduce the length and cost of arbitrations and has released amendments to its Rules of Arbitration (ICC Rules), which will come into force...more
Privy Council clarifies the nature of arbitration clauses, but uncertainties about the clauses’ effect still remain. “Non-exclusive” arbitration clauses provide that disputes “may” be referred to arbitration (rather than...more