Dr. Alfred Otieno Odhiambo v Meduprof-SBV
Dr. Alfred Otieno Odhiambo v Meduprof-SBV (Civil Miscellaneous Application No. 665 of 2020) [2021] UGCommC 14 (30 April 2021)
The court held that under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Cap. 4, there is no automatic right of appeal to the Court of Appeal in domestic arbitration matters unless the parties have expressly agreed to such a right. The applicant failed to provide evidence of any agreement to appeal between the parties. The relevant supply agreement did not confer a right to appeal, and the statutory framework strictly limits court intervention in arbitration proceedings. The court's jurisdiction to entertain an application for stay of execution pending appeal is contingent upon the existence of a vali…
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- Arbitration Agreements
- Stay Of Execution
- Jurisdiction Of Court
- Appeals In Arbitration
- Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards