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Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXIX (2004)
Jurisdiction Canada
Summary

Canada 12. Supreme Court of British Columbia, 6 March 2003

Related topics
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The court discusses issues relating to the identity of the party against whom enforcement of the arbitral award is sought, including: piercing of the corporate veil, succession, assignment, State or State entity, group of companies, agent or principal, etc. For the related defenses to enforcement, see Art. V(1)(a).

Problems concerning the identity of a party
513 Ground d: Irregularity in the composition of the arbitral tribunal or arbitral procedure
519

Public policy: The court discusses cases in which the subject matter of the award was not arbitrable in the enforcement State on public policy grounds.

Ground a: Arbitrability
524

Public policy: The court discusses the effect of other alleged violations of public policy on the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award, such as contradictory reasons, manifest disregard of the law (US), etc.

Other cases
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