Judicial Review of Arbitral Decisions: How Much Deference is Reasonable

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Jun 1, 2011
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In Dunsmuir the Supreme Court held that labour arbitrators’ decisions will generally be reviewed on a standard of reasonableness. In the context of judicial review, "reasonableness is concerned mostly with the existence of justification, transparency and intelligibility within the decision making process".

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