The applicant sought to set aside several arbitral awards made against him in favour of the respondent companies, arguing jurisdictional errors and procedural unfairness under s. 46(1) of the Arbitration Act.
The arbitrator had dismissed the applicant's claims for wrongful dismissal and ordered him to repay misappropriated corporate funds, applying the doctrine of laches to defeat his limitation period defence.
The Superior Court applied the reasonableness standard of review from Vavilov, finding that the arbitrator acted within his jurisdiction and afforded procedural fairness.
The application to set aside the awards was dismissed, and the cross-application to enforce the awards was granted.
