Canada and its courts have proven to be very arbitration-friendly over the years. Although it is not as popular of a destination as some of the larger international arbitration hubs, parties find that Canadian courts respect the practice of arbitration, and uphold its core principles.<\/p>\n
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Canadian provinces have also been amongst the first jurisdictions to wholly adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration<\/em> 1985 (\u201cModel Law<\/strong>\u201d), and they have largely incorporated international arbitral standards and practices into their domestic legal systems without modification.<\/p>\n Canada is a federal state with an intricate constitutional system in place that divides powers between Canada itself, and its provinces. Provinces largely have the jurisdiction to legislate for most commercial matters, including commercial arbitration. As Ontario is my home province, and as it is Canada\u2019s pre-eminent commercial and financial hub, this article will be focusing on the enforcement of arbitral awards in Ontario. I look forward to future friends and colleagues taking on the task of outlining the enforcement of arbitral awards in Canada\u2019s other 9 provinces and 3 territories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Canada and its courts have proven to be very arbitration-friendly over the years. Although it is not as popular of a destination as some of the larger international arbitration hubs, parties find that Canadian courts respect the practice of arbitration, and uphold its core principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n