CANADA 4
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XVIII (1993)
Jurisdiction
Canada
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Full text decision CANADA 4
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Summary
Canada 4. British Columbia Supreme Court, Vancouver, 13 September 1991
Related topics
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.
214-216
Field of application
222
Arbitrator's competence and separability of the arbitration clause
The court discusses the principle of competence-competence, including whether the parties “intended to have arbitrability decided by an arbitrator”, and the separability of the arbitration agreement from the main contract.