urbas arbitral – Page 3 – arbitration matters

Protected: B.C. – no special rules for self-represented parties in arbitration beyond natural justice

Protected: Federal – confidentiality of arbitration must be re-established independently on appeal to court

Protected: Ontario – non-parties to arbitration agree arbitrator’s findings of facts binding for facts common to their litigation

Protected: Québec – parties ordered to mediate according to express, imperative agreement even if dispute not arbitrable

Protected: B.C. – refusal to grant access to details of counsel billing qualified as denial of natural justice in costs award

Protected: Alberta – decision illustrates role of interim costs to ensure arbitration process moves forward

Protected: Saskatchewan – litigants’ autonomy to consent to drop dead orders not contrary to public policy

Protected: Ontario – “agree to be bound” less effective than “final and binding” in excluding appeal

Protected: B.C. – agreement to accept summary reasons is not acceptance of insufficient reasons

Protected: Manitoba – willingness to arbitrate must be reciprocated and not just “most efficient”