PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Contract Arbitration
......Modify/Vacate Award: Other Bases & Issues
.........Review of Arbitrator's Powers
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Parties may structure their agreement to allow for judicial review of legal error in the arbitration award.

Powers of arbitrator limited and circumscribed by agreement or stip of submission between parties.

Arbitrators may apply both legal and equitable principles in deciding submitted issues.

Nothing in Code Civ. Proc. §128.5 prohibits sanctions in non-judicial arb. where parties agreed arbitrator could grant any remedy or relief available under Cal. law.

Unless required by K to apply law, arbitrators may apply broad principles of justice and equity.