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Not exact matches
Employers are also no longer allowed to use a
mandatory arbitration provision — settling legal
disputes with the business instead
of in court — in an employment contract related to sexual harassment.
The Supreme Court
of Canada has made it clear that the Court will enforce
mandatory arbitration clauses unless it is clear that the
dispute falls outside the scope
of the clause.
Some firms have proposed
mandatory arbitration clauses, which may shield the gory details
of a
dispute from the spotlight.
As in many situations, the admission contracts
of nursing home residents encounter clauses within that contract that makes
arbitration mandatory should
disputes of any kind arise.
Employers with unionized employees are likely already familiar with the concept
of arbitration, as this process
of dispute resolution is generally
mandatory under labour relations legislation.
Mandatory arbitration clauses specify a particular type
of dispute resolution, excluding resort to the court system.
Public interest advocacy group Public Citizen came out swinging yesterday against
mandatory arbitration of consumer credit
disputes and against one
dispute - resolution company that hears many
of these cases.
The court held that, under s. 142, «the courts have no jurisdiction to deal with coverage
disputes, given that there is
mandatory arbitration set up by s. 142 «In reaching this conclusion the Master cited a previous decision from a BC Supreme Court Judge where it was held that «the statute imposes a
mandatory forum for the resolution
of these
disputes, and this Court is excluded from the process `.
ICBC relied on section 142
of the Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act and said this section requires such
disputes to be dealt with by
mandatory arbitration.
This agreement contains a
mandatory individual
arbitration and class action / jury trial waiver provision that requires the use
of arbitration on an individual basis to resolve
disputes, rather than jury trials or class actions.
For example, in TM Delmarva Power v. NCP
of Virginia, the Supreme Court
of Virginia held that the parties» use
of the word «may» in the
dispute resolution provisions
of their construction contract required
mandatory participation in
arbitration at the election
of one
of the parties.
There is also an open question as to whether
disputes involving issues
of mandatory EU law can be settled by
arbitration.
In Accentuate Ltd v ASIGRA Inc. [2009] EWHC 2655, however, the High Court suggested that an
arbitration agreement will be considered «null, void and inoperative» if it purports to require the submission
of disputes governed by
mandatory EU law to an arbitral tribunal seated in a non-EU state applying non-EU law.
The serious problems with binding
mandatory arbitration (BMA) as a consumer
dispute mechanism for financial services raises the question
of «how can we do this better?»
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Arbitration Forum or JAMS, and any hearing will be held in, Birmingham, Alabama.
While REALTORS ® are encouraged to resolve all
disputes through the
arbitration facilities
of their Board or Boards, the intent
of Article 17 is that only
disputes arising from facts occurring after each
of the parties has become a REALTOR ® are subject to
mandatory arbitration under Article 17
of the Code
of Ethics.
NOTE: If a Board requires REALTORS ® (principals) to mediate otherwise arbitrable
disputes, there can be no allegation
of a violation
of Article 17 if a party refuses to mediate unless an
arbitration request has been filed, the Grievance Committee has referred the
arbitration request for hearing on a
mandatory basis, and the party then refuses to mediate.
While issues between REALTORS ® and their clients — e.g., listing broker / seller (or landlord) or buyer broker / buyer (or tenant)-- are subject to
mandatory arbitration (subject to the client's agreement to arbitrate), and issues between sellers and buyers may be arbitrated at their mutual agreement, in many cases such issues are resolved in the courts or in other alternative
dispute resolution forums (which may also be administered by Boards or Associations
of REALTORS ®).