CRABBE J.S.C. This is an appeal from a refusal of Ollennu J. (as he then was) sitting in the High Court, Accra, to set aside an award of J. S. Manyo-Plange, Esquire (sole arbitrator) dismissing the applicant's claim against the defendants.

The main grounds on which the applicant sought to impugn the award in the High Court were (1) misconduct on the part of the arbitrator and (2) error of law on the face of the award.

The basis of the court's jurisdiction to set aside awards of arbitrators is set out in a statement of Williams J. in Hodgkinson v. Fernie.1 He said: