Arbitration Law: Statutes, Cases, and Commentary

Arbitration Law: Statutes, Cases, and Commentary by Tamar Meshel offers a comprehensive overview of arbitration law in Canada, including up-to-date legislation and relevant case law. The book caters to those who are unfamiliar with arbitration and seek a basic introduction to the field, as well as to those experienced with arbitration law who seek to obtain a deeper understanding of how arbitration operates in other fields or in other Canadian jurisdictions.

Features of This Book

• Provides a solid introduction to the foundational principles of Canadian arbitration law, covering topics such as party autonomy, arbitrability, separability and competence-competence
• Explains the general principles governing domestic and international arbitration agreements and related issues, including the definition and content of arbitration agreements, allocating jurisdiction between courts and arbitral tribunals, parties/claims not referable to arbitration, enforcing and challenging arbitration agreements, appointment of arbitrators and court-ordered relief before or during arbitration
• Explains the general principles governing domestic and international arbitration awards and related issues, including arbitrators’ powers, form and effect of arbitration awards, enforcing and challenging arbitration awards, challenges to arbitrators and court-ordered relief post-award
• Explores the use of arbitration across many practice areas, covering commercial (including bankruptcy, construction, insurance), family, employment, consumer protection and international
• Covers the use of arbitration in all Canadian jurisdictions, offering a comparative lens across all provinces, territories and federal jurisdictions
• Includes a special Foreword by the Honourable Russell S. Brown, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2015-2023)

Who Should Read This Book

• Legal practitioners in commercial, family, employment or consumer protection law who are looking for a comprehensive resource covering Canadian and international arbitration
• Judges who are looking for a useful reference book on arbitration in all practice areas across Canada and internationally
• Law students, law professors, scholars and researchers who are studying domestic and/or international arbitration
• Law libraries who are looking for an introductory guide to arbitration in Canada for patrons