On December 1, 2016, the Uniform Law Conference of Canada
("ULCC") formally adopted a revised
Uniform Arbitration Act. The ULCC's mission is to
harmonize the laws of the provinces and territories of Canada, and
where appropriate the federals laws as well.
The ULCC last considered domestic arbitration legislation over
25 years ago, at which time it developed a Uniform Arbitration
Act (1990) which was subsequently implemented, with amendments
in some cases, through provincial legislation in many provinces.
Since then, changes in laws and practices made in necessary to
update and modernize the Uniform Act. Accordingly, the
ULCC established a Working Group of arbitration specialists to
recommend changes to the Uniform Arbitration Act for
consideration by the Conference. Dimitri Maniatis was honoured to
form part of the Working Group which, under the chairmanship of
Gerald Ghikas, Q.C. of Vancouver, submitted its report and proposed
uniform statute, with commentary, to
