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La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario confirme la portée limitée du contrôle judiciaire des sentences arbitrales

Dans l’affaire Clayton v. Canada (Attorney General), la Cour d’appel de l’Ontario (la « CAO ») a rejeté une tentative de faire annuler une sentence arbitrale pour des motifs liés à la compétence du tribunal arbitral et à...more

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Court of Appeal Confirms Limited Scope of Judicial Oversight of Arbitral Awards

In Clayton v. Canada (Attorney General), the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an attempt to set aside an arbitral award on jurisdictional and public policy grounds, confirming that the grounds on which arbitral awards may be...more

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How (Not) to Inadvertently Waive Your Right to Arbitrate

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The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in RH20 North America Inc v Bergmann, 2024 ONCA 445 serves as useful reminder that a party can inadvertently waive its right to arbitrate a dispute if the party takes a step in the...more

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Alberta Court Articulates Important Exceptions to the Kompetenz-Kompetenz Principle and the Scope of Arbitration Clauses

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A recent decision of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench in Orica Canada Inc v ARVOS GmbH, 2024 ABKB 97 [Orica] has attracted considerable attention among members of the arbitration bar. In it, the Court of King’s Bench...more

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Ontario Superior Court Refuses to Enforce Crypto Giant’s "All-but-inaccessible" Arbitration Clause

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In Lochan v Binance Holdings Limited, 2023 ONSC 6714 (Binance), the Ontario Superior Court dismissed a motion brought by Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the world’s largest crypto trading platform, to stay a proposed...more

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Ontario : Une cour refuse d’annuler une sentence arbitrale malgré des craintes raisonnables de partialité d’un des arbitres

Dans l’affaire Vento Motorcycles, Inc. v United Mexican States, la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario (la « Cour ») a rejeté une demande d’annulation de sentence arbitrale (la « sentence ») rendue par un tribunal composé...more

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Ontario Court Declines to Set Aside Arbitral Award Despite Reasonable Apprehension of Arbitrator’s Bias

In Vento Motorcycles, Inc. v. United Mexican States, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) rejected an application to set aside an arbitral award (the Award), which a three-arbitrator Tribunal issued, on the basis of...more

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Arbitration Angle - 2023 Edition - Reflecting On A Year Of Decisions And Looking Ahead

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UN Member States Adopt Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in Investor-State Disputes - At its 56th annual session held in Vienna in July 2023, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) formally...more

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Russian Federation v. Luxtona Limited : Production de nouveaux éléments de preuve sur la compétence d’un tribunal arbitral

Une partie à un litige peut-elle produire de nouveaux éléments de preuve dans le cadre d’une requête visant l’annulation d’une décision d’un tribunal d’arbitrage sur sa compétence pour entendre un différend? Selon la décision...more

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Russian Federation v. Luxtona Limited: Fresh Evidence on Jurisdiction

Can litigants introduce fresh evidence on an application to set aside a decision of an arbitral tribunal about whether it has jurisdiction to hear a dispute? According to the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in...more

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An Arguable Case May Be All You Need to Go to Arbitration in Ontario

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In the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Husky Food Importers & Distributors Ltd. v. JH Whittaker & Sons Limited, 2023 ONCA 260, the Court addressed the question of what standard of proof a party would need to meet...more

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Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Clarity Regarding Appeals of Domestic Arbitral Awards

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Commercial arbitration is widely perceived as a pathway to obtaining a final and binding decision (styled as an "award") that is not subject to appeal. However, this is not always the case in Canada. The degree of finality of...more

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Modifications récentes aux règlements du CIRDI : efficacité et accessibilité accrues

Le 1er juillet 2022, des modifications apportées aux règlements du Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements (le « CIRDI ») sont entrées en vigueur (les « modifications »). Membre...more

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Recent Amendments to the ICSID Rules Enhance Efficiency and Accessibility

On July 1, 2022, amendments to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rules and regulations came into effect. ICSID, one of the organizations of the World Bank Group, is an institution for...more

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Clarity from the Court: The Principles Applicable to the Determination of an Arbitrator’s Jurisdiction

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In a “rare inversion of a typical problem,” the case of Electek Power Services Inc. v Greenfield Energy Centre Limited Partnership, contains an overview of the relevant principles applicable to the determination of an...more

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Set-Aside Applications Cannot Be Used to Reargue Merits of the Claim

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The Ontario trial court has once again emphasized that an application to set aside an arbitral award under Article 34 of the Model Law is not to be used as an opportunity to reargue the merits of the claim. Under Article...more

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Five Take-Aways From Bracewell Seminar on the Strategic Use of International Arbitration and Mexico

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International arbitration, when available and used strategically, adds leverage, especially in dealing with a government. Qualifying foreign investors in Mexico affected by the changes in the regulatory environment promoted...more

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British Columbia Court of Appeal Applies the Correctness Standard of Review to an International Arbitration

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Over the last few years, there has been considerable uncertainty in Canada about the standard of review applicable to appeals from domestic arbitral awards. This uncertainty stemmed in large part from the conflicting views...more

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Ontario, Canada: Arbitrator Upholds Mandatory Employee COVID Testing

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In Christian Labour Association of Canada v. Caressant Care Nursing & Retirement Homes (D. Randall), a union filed a group grievance on behalf of a number of its members working at an Ontario retirement home to challenge the...more

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No legal impact of the proposed USMCA on China and non-market countries

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Earlier this month, Canada, Mexico, and the United States agreed to a new free trade agreement – the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) – that will eventually replace the 1994 North America Free Trade Agreement...more

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New NAFTA Creates Opportunities for North American Businesses

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The United States, Canada, and Mexico have reached an agreement to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after more than a year of negotiations. Rebranded as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, the...more

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The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Significantly Curtails Foreign Investment Protection

On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada announced they had reached an agreement to revamp the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which now will be known as the United...more

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International Commercial Arbitration Act Amendments to Make B.C. Even More Arbitration-Friendly

On April 9, 2018, the Government of British Columbia introduced Bill 11, International Commercial Arbitration Amendment Act, to amend the International Commercial Arbitration Act (ICAA), which has been in effect since 1996....more

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Two Recent Decisions Affirm International Arbitration Clauses Will Be Enforced

Two recent decisions reinforce the willingness of Ontario courts to enforce arbitration clauses, apply the competence-competence doctrine and refer any disputes regarding an arbitrator’s jurisdiction to the arbitrator for...more

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Latin America Dispute Resolution Update – The Latest Developments in Cross-Border Disputes Involving the US and Latin America

NAFTA’s Future Looks Increasingly Uncertain - The United States, Mexico and Canada have now completed the fifth round of negotiations concerning the renegotiation of NAFTA, and the future of the treaty is looking...more

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