Can an arbitration agreement be by operation of law?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Robinson v. National Money Mart Company, 2013 BCSC 967 (CanLII):
The case of James v. Thow was decided pre-Seidel and was not dealing with the situation where an arbitration agreement is by operation of law void in respect of some disputes, namely, those falling under the shelter of a claim pursuant to s. 172 of the BPCPA.
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