Metro-Bottled Water Corporation vs. Andrada Construction & Development Corporation, Inc., G.R. No. 202430, 6 March 2019 (Philippines)

The Supreme Court held that arbitral awards by the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) may only be appealed on pure questions of law. Only those which involve egregious errors of law may be entertained by the Supreme Court. Given the CIAC's technical expertise, the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission is given a wide latitude of discretion so that it may resolve all issues before it in a fair and expeditious manner. Included within the bounds of its discretion are situations where it resolves, on the basis of equity, to order a party to compensate a contractor for any unpaid work done. The Supreme Court found that the Petitioner had only raised questions of fact, and not questions of law, which are not proper for the Supreme Court's review.