Gowling WLG published this article entitled: “Top 10 Canadian Arbitration Cases of 2024: Key lessons for in-house counsel” on January 21, 2025. It was written by a four Gowling lawyers: Todd J. Burke, Mark W. Crane, Thomas Yates and James Plotkin. As a busy arbitrator, I found the summary of the key lessons very helpful…
I dealt with a complicated matter of jurisdiction whereby two of the affected parties (the Affected Parties) sought the removal of the arbitrator appointed to hear the merits of this matter (the Appointed Arbitrator) on the grounds of a reasonable apprehension of bias. This challenge arose during the actual hearing held at the Sport Dispute…
In the decision of Bollhorn v. Lakehouse Custom Homes Ltd., 2024 BCCA 192 (the Decision), a full division of the BC Court of Appeal reviewed an application for leave to appeal an arbitrator’s decision. The underlying dispute involved the construction and sale of a house by the respondent. Unhappy circumstances during construction led the appellant…
I’m very pleased and honoured to announce that I was appointed to the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre. I will be a member of the Expedited Procedures Panel. Keep me in mind if you have a claim or counterclaim that is less than CDN$500,000.
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia’s ruling in Bollhorn v. Lakehouse Custom Homes Ltd., 2023 BCCA 444 brings attention to a potential gap in the domestic arbitration scheme, stemming from the combined effect of the Arbitration Act (BC) (the Act) and the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre’s (VanIAC) Domestic Rules for Arbitration (the Rules). Mr….