CHARLES DARKWA ANTWI vs. GLAHCO HOTELS & TORISM [2014]DLHC15059

Date	2014-06-03
Suit No.	SUIT NO. INDL/10/13
Citation No.	[2014]DLHC15059

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JOHN AJET-NASAM

HUBERT SEVOR FOR APPLICANT

NANA SEKYIWAA FOR RESPONDENT

[2014]DLHC15059
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHARLES DARKWA ANTWI<o:p></o:p>(CLAIMANT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GLAHCO HOTELS &amp; TORISM<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>HUBERT
SEVOR FOR APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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SEKYIWAA FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JOHN AJET-NASAM<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

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</div>The
applicant has filed a Motion on Notice to Register and enforce an arbitration
award under Section 57 of the ADR Act
2010 Act 798.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Before
this Court could hear the arguments, the respondents had filed a Motion for an
Order of Judicial Review.&nbsp; Processes were
stayed until the disposal of this motion for Judicial Review before the Fast
Track High Court, Accra.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
Fast Track High Court on the 30th day of January, 2014 presided over
by Justice N. M. C Abodakpi gave his ruling dismissing the application as
brought by the respondent’s herein.&nbsp; The
learned Judge, concluded his reasoned Judgment stated “… but the application is
not only incompetent, but lacks merit, for reasons stated above”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Section
57 provides thus:-<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">(1)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
award made by an arbitrator pursuant to an arbitration agreement&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; may by leave of the High Court, be
enforced in the same manner as a Judgment or Order of the Court of the same
effect.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:63.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">(2)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
When
leave is so given, Judgment may be enforced in terms of the award.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">(3)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;Leave to enforce an award shall not be given
where, or to the extent, that a person against whom the award is sought to be
enforced shows that the arbitrator lacked substantive jurisdiction to make the
award (emphasis mine).<o:p></o:p>