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In a final installment of his discourse on Award Finality in Nigeria, Afe Babalola & Co. Managing Partner, Adebayo Adenipekun, SAN, FCIArb. focuses on the judicial policy of Nigeria regarding arbitration. He takes the view that the Courts heavily support the concept on award finality and argues that "Of course, the criticism against Taylor Woodrow is not really that it altered the law but that it has led to a deluge of mischievous actions to set awards aside. The problem with this criticism is in its very framing – if an application is mischievous or made with a hidden untoward intent, the state of the law is essentially immaterial"

— Finality of Arbitral Awards in Nigeria- Separating Harm from Hubris (Contd.)