Expert determination clauses in commercial contracts are not void as ousting the court's jurisdiction where they do not prevent parties from suing on the contract prior to determination and preserve the court's review jurisdiction for fraud or manifest error. The expression 'relates to' in dispute resolution clauses should be given a broad meaning, and such clauses should be construed generously to give effect to the parties' commercial intentions. Baulderstone Hornibrook is confined to its particular facts and is not authority for any general proposition about the invalidity of expert determination clauses.
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