The applicant sought urgent judicial review of an arbitrator's interim order relieving his counsel from acting in an upcoming Financial Services Commission of Ontario arbitration due to a breakdown in the solicitor-client relationship.
The Divisional Court dismissed the application as premature, finding that the applicant had not exhausted internal appeal procedures under the Insurance Act and the Dispute Resolution Practice Code.
The court found no exceptional circumstances or prospect of real unfairness that would justify fragmenting the proceedings and intervening at an interim stage.
