Canada Bread v. Mallot Creek, 2019 ONSC 2578

Overview

Successfully responded to an appeal of an arbitral award. The arbitrator dismissed the appellants’ attempt to rely on a release to dismiss a subsequent action. On appeal, Justice Dietrich engaged in a comprehensive summary of the law concerning the standard of review of arbitral awards and adopted the respondent’s argument that the arbitrator’s decision was justifiable and within the range of acceptable outcomes. (2019 ONSC 2578)