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I have developed a checklist of procedural elements that is helpful for designing arbitration processes, and covers every part of the arbitration process, from deciding whether to have an in-person hearing or a hearing by videoconference, to whether and how experts will be hired, to how evidence will be presented at the hearing. You can download my "Arbitration Rules Pick-List" from [https://www.boydarbitration.ca/rules-of-procedure John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers]. | I have developed a checklist of procedural elements that is helpful for designing arbitration processes, and covers every part of the arbitration process, from deciding whether to have an in-person hearing or a hearing by videoconference, to whether and how experts will be hired, to how evidence will be presented at the hearing. You can download my "Arbitration Rules Pick-List" from [https://www.boydarbitration.ca/rules-of-procedure John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers]. | ||
<span style="color:#D2691E">'''Important changes'''</span> <br /> | |||
Under the recent changes to the ''Family Law Act'', arbitrators can make decisions about family law disputes under the law of British Columbia, on grounds of fairness and equity and on grounds of conscience. However an arbitrator is asked to make a decision, decisions about children can only be based on children's best interests. | |||
====Mandatory elements of arbitration==== | ====Mandatory elements of arbitration==== | ||
