Daly v. Komline-Sanderson Engineering Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered

Pee Cueiam.

The parties agreed to arbitration of their dispute over legal fees. An award was made and the judgment under review entered upon it. We certified defendant’s appeal before argument in the Appellate Division.

Defendant contends the arbitration agreement is void because it invades our exclusive jurisdiction over practice of the law. We see no substance in this objection. We think we should encourage arbitration of disputes between attorney and client, and to that end should uphold an award in the absence of good reason to reject it. Whether an…