What is the test for an arbitrator who acts in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Jacob Securities Inc. v Typhoon Capital B.V., 2016 ONSC 604 (CanLII):

This test is equally applicable to an arbitrator who acts in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity: Szilard v. Szasz, 1954 CanLII 4 (SCC), [1955] S.C.R. 3, at p.4.

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