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Metro Bottled Water Corp. vs. Andrada Construction

METRO BOTTLED WATER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ANDRADA CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 202430 | 2019-03-06

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Generally, judicial review of arbitral awards is permitted only on very narrow grounds. Republic Act No. 876, or the Arbitration Law, does not allow an arbitral award to be revisited without a showing of specified conditions,[1] which must be proven affirmatively by the party seeking its review. The Special Rules of Court on Alternative Dispute Resolution,[2] implementing the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004,[3] mandate that arbitral awards will not be vacated "merely on the ground that the arbitral tribunal committed errors of fact, or of law, or of fact and law, as the court...