The court's inherent jurisdiction to stay proceedings extends to cases where parties have agreed to expert determination (not just arbitration), and the same strong presumption in favour of holding parties to their contractual bargain applies. The absence of procedural rules in an expert determination clause does not render it void for uncertainty; procedure is a matter for the expert. Parties who agree to expert determination accept the risk of the expert's errors, including errors of law, subject only to fraud, dishonesty, collusion, or bias.
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