Hughes Inc Hired Liz to Act as the Chief Architect

question 23

Multiple Choice

Hughes Inc hired Liz to act as the chief architect for a major shopping development. After about a year, however, the parties' relationship began to deteriorate and the situation quickly became intolerable and irreparable. Each side blamed the other. Hughes Inc sued Liz for breach of contract. Liz defended that claim and started a counterclaim in which she alleged that Hughes Inc had broken their agreement. The dispute was eventually resolved through arbitration. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A) Although the arbitration would not have taken place in a court, it was probably conducted by a judge.
• B) The parties probably used arbitration, rather than litigation, because a judge decided that the issues were too complicated to be understood by jurors.
• C) Some provinces require the parties in commercial disputes to participate in a mandatory arbitration program before taking a case to trial.
• D) Assuming that the parties served a complete set of pleadings on each other, Hughes Inc would have used a document called a reply in order to respond to Liz's counterclaim.
• E) Even if both parties are based in Manitoba, even if the contract was signed in Manitoba, and even if the shopping development was intended to be located in Manitoba, the arbitration could have taken place in a different province.

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