"Where a body of men, be they Chiefs or otherwise, act as arbitrators over a dispute between two parties, their decision shall have a binding effect, if it is shown:...
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"By virtue of section 57 thereof, which is the interpretation section, it is very plain to me that both the State High Court and the Federal High Court have jurisdiction...
"The parties have the right to challenge the award in court but until any of the parties succeeds in challenging the award, the award has the force and effect, for...
"The issues in controversy between the parties were determined by the arbitrator. His award was not challenged. Therefore the award became and was a binding determination of the matters between...
"A consent judgment is arrived at in this way. The parties in an action before the court asked for leave of court. They held meetings in this connection more often...
"Once an award has been made, and not challenged in court, it should be entered as a judgment and given effect accordingly. The losing party cannot be heard to say...
"The only jurisdiction conferred on the court is to give leave to enforce the award as a judgment unless there is real ground for doubting the validity of the award....
"There is nothing in the provision of S. 31 of the Act which empowers the court to make the arbitral award the judgment of the trial court. That section of...
"An arbitrator's award under the provisions of section 4(2) of the Act when filed in court should for all purposes have the force and effect as a judgment. Order 22...
"When an application is made to set aside an award it is the substance of the ground of the application that is material and not how counsel for the appellant...
"In my view, It would not matter whether an application to set aside an arbitral award by an aggrieved party is made under the provisions of Section 29 or 30...
"A complaint that an action is statute-barred, is unarguably a complaint against the competency of the action."
