Kristley (Pvt) Limited. v. The State Timber Corporation – sllr 2002 volume 1 page 225

In the case between KRISTLEY (PVT) LIMITED and THE STATE TIMBER CORPORATION, the court addressed the enforcement of an arbitration award that had been invalidated by the High Court on grounds relating to the absence of a duly certified award copy, reliance on an allegedly forged certificate, and questions regarding the claimant’s legal capacity due to deregistration. It was held that procedural defects involving certification and deregistration did not, under the Arbitration Act, warrant setting aside the award, and that the public policy grounds based on forgery were not properly substantiated. The decision reaffirmed the principle that arbitral awards should not be set aside except for substantive violations affecting fairness or legal capacity, emphasizing correct statutory interpretati