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Arbitrator Chosen

Van Doorn v. Loopstra Nixon 2023 Ont SCJ

Usual clause in which the dispute was to be dealt with arbitration with one arbitrator. The parties could not agree on an arbitrator so a judge had to parse the resumes of each candidate and pick what seemed to be the best one for the dispute.

Written by Jonathan Speigel, the founding partner of Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, leads the litigation and construction practices.