Domestic and International Arbitration

Court refuses to enforce ‘all-but-inaccessible’ arbitration agreement for crypto trading platform

A recent Ontario Superior Court decision found an arbitration agreement embedded in a standard form “click” contract to be unconscionable...

Alberta Court finds non-party bound to arbitrate when enforcing contractual warranties

A recent Alberta case found that beneficiaries of contractual warranties may be bound to arbitrate disputes arising from those contractual...

Inside arbitration: Osler’s Canadian Arbitration Blog

Arbitration continues to gain popularity in commercial agreements across a variety of industries. With our Canadian Arbitration Blog, our team...

British Columbia Court of Appeal rules that arbitration clauses in standard form contracts are presumptively enforceable in the province

Distinct from the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2020 decision in Uber Technologies v. Heller, a recent case suggests that British Columbia courts...

Federal Court determines criteria for Court to appoint arbitrator

For the first time, two parties asked the Federal Court to appoint an arbitrator under the federal Commercial Arbitration Act. Olivia Dixon,...

Adjudication: ODACC releases third Annual Report

Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC) has issued its third Annual Report (the report) for the 2022 fiscal year,...

First appeal of an arbitration award under section 59 of British Columbia’s new Arbitration Act

In Escape 101 Ventures Inc. v. March of Dimes Canada, 2022 BCCA 294, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) held that a material misapprehension...

You (may not) get what you bargained for: a receivership order displaces an arbitration clause in Mundo Media

The worlds of insolvency and arbitration collided in a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision. Osler’s Mary Paterson, Mary Angela Rowe and Sarah...