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Pension Arbitration Trumped by Class Proceeding Legislation

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12.03.06

Craig Ferris and Murray Campbell

Over the past few years, courts in Canada have faced the apparent conflict between competing statutory mandates with respect to class proceedings and arbitrations. The British Columbia Court of Appeal resolved the statutory conflict by requiring a court to weigh the circumstances of each case to determine whether a class proceeding or arbitration is the preferable procedure.