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Arbitration clauses, consumer contracts and class proceedings: the Canadian approach

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 2 2007

The limited Canadian case law dealing with the enforceability of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts has been inconsistent, with courts in Ontario, British Columbia and Québec reaching somewhat different conclusions

The developing landscape of arbitration the impact of Dell and Rogers

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 25 2009

The legal landscape related to the enforcement of arbitration clauses continues to develop following the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions in Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34 (CanLII) and Rogers Wireless Inc. v. Muroff, 2007 SCC 35 (CanLII) in July 2007

Smart Systems 2008

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 30 2008

The Québec Court of Appeal has recently added a new, if uncertain, twist to public order as applied in the context of arbitration

Arbitration in B.C., even in the face of a class action

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 23 2009

On March 23, 2009, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (B.C.C.A.) in MacKinnon v. National Money Mart Company, 2009 BCCA 103 (Money Mart) confirmed that arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, including consumer loan agreements and service contracts, are enforceable even in the face of a proposed class action

A decision that rings a Dell

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 2 2010

Can consumer and non-consumer contracts that contain an arbitration clause be made subject to class proceedings?

Yugraneft Corp. v. Rexx Management Corp.: victors in international arbitration proceedings must look out for local limitation periods

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 2 2010

Arbitration as an option for dispute resolution in international commercial transactions presents a unique set of issues that are often not given the attention and due care they deserve

Supreme Court of Canada decision a wake-up call for tardy victors in international arbitration proceedings

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 28 2010

Arbitration as an option for dispute resolution in international commercial transactions presents a unique set of issues that are often not given the attention and due care they deserve

An arbitrator’s jurisdiction to oversee the termination of employees credited with two years of uninterrupted service

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 10 2010

The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered three decisions that finally settle the issue of the jurisdiction of an arbitrator with respect to Section 124 of An Act Respecting Labour Standards (ALS

An arbitrator’s jurisdiction to oversee the termination of employees credited with two years of uninterrupted service

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 12 2011

The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered three decisions that finally settle the issue of the jurisdiction of an arbitrator with respect to Section 124 of An Act Respecting Labour Standards (ALS

Inforica v. CGI

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 26 2010

On September 11, 2009, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Inforica Inc. v. CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc., 2009 ONCA 642 (CanLII