Can an arbitrator make a decision based on evidence that the arbitrator clearly misapprehends?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Potherat v Slobodian, 2021 BCSC 1536 (CanLII):

In Guevara v. Louie, 2020 BCSC 380 the court held that a decision based on evidence the arbitrator clearly misapprehends is patently unreasonable (para. 69).

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