TY  - BOOK
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TI  - Commercial arbitration in Ghana : practice and procedure
SN  - 9789988374129
AV  - REF 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Accra
PB  - Printman
N1  - Includes reference; Contents : Chapter 1: What is arbitration? -- Elements of a valid arbitration agreement -- Vitiating factors to an arbitration agreement Contents of a valid arbitration clause -- Separability of arbitration clauses -- Model arbitration clauses -- Advantages of arbitration -- Types of arbitration in Ghana -- Other kinds of arbitration dispute resolution mechanisms in Ghana -- Chapter 2 : The statutory regime of arbitration in Ghana -- Other legislative arbitration -- Chapter 3 : Introduction to commercial arbitration -- Arbitration of subject matter of the dispute -- Ad hoc and institutional arbitration -- The obligations of an  arbitrator after appointment -- Revocation of the appointment of an arbitrator -- Resignation of an arbitrator -- Filling of vacancies in a tribunal -- The jurisdiction of an arbitral  tribunal -- Entertaining objections to the jurisdiction of a tribunal -- The power of high court intervene in arbitral proceedings --Chapter 4: Commencement of arbitral proceedings -- The respondent's response to the claim filed -- Counterclaim by the respondent -- Failure of respondent to file a response -- Making amendments to claims or responses -- No ex parte communication -- Service of processes -- Reckoning and extension of time -- Preliminary hearings and procedural hearings -- Proceedings at the hearings -- Oral and documentary hearings -- Representation of parties - who can be present at hearings? -- General rules of evidence applicable to arbitral proceedings -- The close of hearing -- Re-opening hearings -- General powers of a tribunal during proceedings -- Chapters 5 : What qualifies as a valid award in Ghana -- The form of the award -- Payment of the arbitrator's fees -- Service of the award -- Time for delivering the award -- Scope of the award -- Additional awards -- Consent awards -- Award of interest -- Types of award -- Effect of an award -- Application for leave to enforce domestic arbitral awards -- Means of enforcing arbitral awards -- Enforcement of award for payment of money -- Examination of an award debtor as to source of livelihood -- Enforcing domestic arbitral awards against the state -- Setting aside an award.
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