SUPREME COURT & COURT OF APPEAL DECISIONS (13665)
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HELD:
"The Arbitrator, who is not an umpire, has the jurisdiction to decide only what has been submitted to him by the parties for determination.
HELD:
"An arbitration, according to Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition page 105, is a process of dispute resolution in which a neutral third party called (arbitrator) renders a decision after hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
HELD:
"One of the cardinal rules of construction of written instruments is that the words of the written instrument must in general be taken in their ordinary sense notwithstanding the fact that any such construction may not appear to carry out the purpose which it might otherwise be intended by the maker or makers of the instrument.
HELD:
"The Appellant further complained that the lower Court erred in law when it dismissed the action.
HELD:
"The question of whether an action was commenced with the authorisation of the Board of Directors or Shareholders of the company touches on the locus standi to maintain the action.
HELD:
"Let me iterate that the issue of competence of an action and jurisdiction of the Court to entertain the same are threshold in nature and once an issue of jurisdiction is raised it has to be resolved first before anything else.
HELD:
"It is pertinent to state that the question of the existence of a company resolution is not a matter for inferential deduction.