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Arbitration – Summary Judgment
Optiva v. Tbaytel 2022 Ont CA
Section 25 of the Arbitration Act allows an arbitrator to conduct an oral hearing or a hearing based on documents. The arbitrator decided that this section (bolstered by a section in the arbitration agreement allowing him to decide procedural matters) allowed him the jurisdiction to have certain issues decided by summary judgment. The court agreed.
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Written by Jonathan Speigel, the founding partner of Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, leads the litigation and construction practices. |