Limitation Period for Appeal of Arbitration Award Upheld, Despite Later Interpretation Award

Provincial family forms - Province of British Columbia

These forms are used in Provincial Court when people are considering changes in their family relationships, such as separation or divorce, or in common-law relationships.

Limitation Period for Appeal of Arbitration Award Upheld, Despite Later Interpretation Award

In Nordine v. Nordine 2025 BCSC 829, the British Columbia Supreme Court recently considered an appeal to strike a Notice of Appeal from a family arbitration award. The issue was whether the arbitrator’s “interpretation” of the award, pursuant to s. 19.15 of the Family Law Act, released months after the initial award, allowed a party to bring an appeal of that interpretation award despite the 40-day appeal limitation period being long passed. The…