However, the CRT has exclusive
jurisdiction over the matters expressly set out in section 3.6 (1), unless the BC Supreme Court grants an exemption under section 12.3.
Learned senior counsel emphasized that Section 5 of the Act
expressly bars intervention of the Courts except in
matters expressly provided for in the Act 10 and, therefore, even if the petition filed by the respondents under Section 9 could be treated as maintainable, the High Court did not have
jurisdiction over the arbitration proceedings because the same are governed by the laws of England.