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An Administrative Lawyer’s Thoughts on the Standard of Review for Commercial Arbitration Decisions after Sattva and Vavilov

by David Phillip Jones, K.C.

Arbitration is intended to be an efficient non-judicial means for resolving disputes by a mutually acceptable third-party. It is not surprising, therefore, that the legislative framework for arbitrations provides only limited rights of appeal to the courts from an...
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An Administrative Lawyer’s Thoughts on the Standard of Review for Commercial Arbitration Decisions after Sattva and Vavilov

Arbitration is intended to be an efficient non-judicial means for resolving disputes by a mutually acceptable third-party. It is not surprising, therefore, that the legislative framework for arbitrations provides only limited rights of appeal to the courts from an...

Digital Grants must be accepted by all institutions

When the Surrogate Digital Service came online, the digital grants it produced were not accepted by all institutions. In the below transcript, Victoria A. Jones was successful in getting an order that the Bank of Montreal must accept the digital grant of probate and...

Administrative Law Update 2024: CBA Presentation

David's powerpoint from his presentation to the CBA Alberta Administrative Law North Section.  It covers cases since Vavilov. CBA Admin Law Section June 2024

Vavilov: What It Does and What It Does Not Do

Vavilov is the sixth attempt in 50 years by the Supreme Court of Canada to grapple with standards of review.  The reasons in Vavilov are quite extensive, and provide a great deal of food for thought. The majority changes some of the previous approach to standards of...

Administrative Law Year in Review 2020

In December 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its much-anticipated decisions in the “trilogy” dealing with the scope of judicial review and the standard of review. These cases reformulated how standards of review are to be determined in both applications for...

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