Canada: Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Statutory adjudication in Ontario has, since its introduction, generated a meaningful body of case law.

Dans Mayfield Investments (Re) Ltd1, la Cour du Banc du Roi de l'Alberta (« la Cour ») a clarifié la hiérarchie entre une clause d'arbitrage insérée dans une convention unanime des actionnaires (« CUA ») et la supervision judiciaire inhérente aux procédures d'insolvabilité.

It is rare that an arbitral institution and its procedural rules are altered through legislative decree. Interestingly, this scenario arose in the Superior Court's recent decision in InFrontier AF LP v Rahmani, 2025 ONSC 3968 ("InFrontier"), presenting an unusual question of enforcement where the parties' arbitration agreement did not contemplate such a circumstance.

In Intact Insurance Company v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court upheld an arbitral decision which found that Aviva was entitled to pursue Intact for priority...

In O.K. v. M.H., the Court confirmed that costs awards for costs incurred to obtain a support order are enforceable as support orders by the Family Responsibility Office.

Public utilities, municipalities and other government or quasi-governmental entities are confronted with unique challenges when assessing risks related to dispute resolution.

The Ontario Court of Appeal in J.P. Thomson Architects Ltd. v. Greater Essex County District School Board emphasized that interpreting dispute resolution clauses requires considering the contract as a whole...

In Opsis Airport Services Inc. v. Québec (Attorney General), the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously reaffirmed the application of the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity...

John has been the editor of Blaneys Appeals since the inception of the blog in the Summer of 2014.