The award shall be vacated on the application of a party who either participated in the arbitration or was served with a demand for arbitration. Today's article will focus on the grounds for vacating awards under the Georgia Arbitration Code (OCGA § 9-9-13 et seq.).The short answer is that it depends on whether the enforcement action is in federal or state court and the state law governing the parties' agreement. The most significant ground for vacating an award that many courts have said did not survive Hall is "manifest disregard of the law. - The statutory bases of O.C.G.A. § 9-9-14 provide the exclusive grounds for the modification of an arbitration award.