CANADA 1
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XVI (1991)
Jurisdiction
Canada
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Summary
Canada 1. Supreme Court of British Columbia, 28 November 1988
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201
Scope of arbitration agreement
The court discusses whether the dispute falls within the wording of the arbitration agreement; and whether claims in tort fall within the scope of the agreement.
218
Referral is mandatory
The court discusses whether referral of the resolution of disputes to arbitration is mandatory under the Convention and whether mandatory referral is an internationally uniform rule which supersedes municipal law.