Law360 Canada ( October 24, 2025, 9:49 AM EDT) -- Appeal by appellant from appeal judge’s commercial arbitration award decision. This appeal raised the issue of whether the standard of review for appeals of commercial arbitration awards remained as set out in Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp. (Sattva) and Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. British Columbia (Teal Cedar) or was governed by Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov (Vavilov). The arbitral award under review arose from a settlement agreement reached between the parties and reflected in minutes of settlement, which were incorporated into a consent arbitration award and entered as a judgment of the Court of King’s Bench. Two supplementary awards were made. The appellant sought leave to appeal the second supplementary award. Leave to appeal both supplementary awards was granted by a King’s Bench judge (the appeal judge), who seized himself of the proceedings. The appeal judge concluded that the arbitrator erred. Leave to appeal the appeal judge’s decision to the Court of Appeal was granted with the question being whether the appeal judge identified the correct standard of review and applied it properly....