“What if They Get it Wrong?” – Fear of Binding Arbitration

One of the fears we often hear from business people and lawyers who are reluctant to put “final and binding” arbitration clauses in contracts is: “What if the arbitrator gets it wrong?”   But what happens if the arbitrator gets it right, and the courts get it wrong?  That’s the subject of Michael Erdle’s June 2013 column in slaw.ca, Canada’s online legal magazine.  Read more…