AGRICULT GHANA LIMITED & 2ORS. (APPLICANTS) vs. GHANA COCOO BOARD (RESPONDENT) [2019]DLHC7274

Date	2019-05-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/MISC/0749/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC7274

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

NUTIFAFA NUTSUKPUI FOR BENSON NUTSUIKPUI FOR APPLICANTS

JUSTICE OTENG FOR PHILIP ADDISON FOR RESPONDENT

[2019]DLHC7274
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION UNDER THE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
ACT, 2010 (ACT 798)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE OR VARY AN ARBITRAL AWARD
PURSUANT TO SECTION 58 OF THE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT, 2010 (ACT
798)<o:p></o:p>BETWEEN<o:p></o:p>AGRICULT GHANA LIMITED &amp; 2ORS.<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA COCOO BOARD<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. CM/MISC/0749/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 9TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>NUTIFAFA NUTSUKPUI FOR
BENSON NUTSUIKPUI FOR APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUSTICE
OTENG FOR PHILIP ADDISON FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K.
KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The core issues which this Court has
been called upon to resolve are found in the two main grounds filed by the
Applicants herein, namely,<o:p></o:p>1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: 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;
The
failure by Nana Dr. S.K.B. Asante, Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal, to
disclose the fact that his daughter is a Senior Policy Advisor to the President.<o:p></o:p>2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: 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;
The
decision of the Arbitral Tribunal being based on broad public policy reasons is
precluded by the ADR Act from being settled by arbitration.<o:p></o:p>The issues to be determined are
therefore:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether
or not the non-disclosure of the relationship between Nana Dr. S.K.B. Asante,
Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal and his daughter, a Senior Policy Advisor to
the President of the Republic of Ghana, is a ground to set aside the arbitral
award.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether
or not the arbitral award ought to be set aside on the ground that the Arbitral
Tribunal relied </main>