Quebec Appeal Court offers reminder that arbitration agreements only bind parties
Friday, December 01, 2017 @ 9:53 AM | By Daniel Urbas
The Quebec Court of Appeal firmly resolved irreconcilable procedural demands created when only some of the parties to a dispute had agreed to submit to arbitration. Weighing the competing inconveniences to the parties, the Appeal Court upheld a Quebec Superior Court decision and subordinated one party’s access to arbitration to another party’s reliance on court rules.
The decision is a reminder that agreements to arbitrate bind only those parties to it. If sophisticated parties in complex projects wish to consolidate their disputes either in court or...
The decision is a reminder that agreements to arbitrate bind only those parties to it. If sophisticated parties in complex projects wish to consolidate their disputes either in court or...
