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…for permission to add the second defendant apparently on the basis that in the circumstances the addition of the new second defendant was an amendment of the plaint and not an addition of a party, made before the close of pleadings…

…It provides: “(1) A party may, without the leave of the court, amend any pleading of his once at any time before the pleadings are closed” and that the amendment dated from the date of the plaint.…

…He therefore argued that there was evidence that pleadings had not closed in this case as required by order XVI Rule 5.…

…The court will begin by considering whether or not the application is defeated by the pleadings not being close.…

…Paragraphs (a) and (b), (e) and (f) are standard, and can be found in any of the standard text books on pleadings.…

…So there, in that passage the learned judge negatives the very issues which had been framed on the pleadings.…

…any legal proceedings in any Court against any other party to the agreement … in respect of a matter agreed to be offered:- (a) any party to those proceedings may at any time after appearance, and before delivering any pleadings…

…or taking any other steps in the proceedings, apply to that Court to stay the proceedings …” Mr Kituku for the defendant submitted that a party may rely on the above subsection even after delivering pleadings.…

…No prejudice or injustice had been suered by the appellants in the appeal by the procedural irregularity in the pleadings that occurred. Appeal dismissed. Citations 1.…

…Had issues been framed at the hearing, the necessity for amendment of the pleadings would immediately have become apparent, and much trouble and expense avoided.…

…The error in the original plaint contravened the nature of pleadings which is: “the means by which the parties are enabled to state and frame the issues ...…

…The system of pleadings operates to define and delimit with clarity and precision the real matters in controversy between the parties upon which they can prepare and present their respective cases ...”…

…The records show that the parties were subsequently represented by Advocates although in the pleadings were not amended and several applications and counter applications were presented at the interlocutory stage.…

…Due to the nature of the proceedings, this appeal should be allowed and the matter referred to retrial but looking at the pleadings, certain issues emerge that touches on the validity of the claims and the jurisdiction of…

…The one issue raised by the pleadings was whether or not, the appellant held the material parcel of land in trust for himself and the respondents.…

…It would therefore be unreasonable to expect the elders to have confined themselves to what is described in the memorandum of appeal, as issues raised in the pleadings.…

…We cannot tell from the pleadings whether the appellant was referring to the same parcel of land to which the counterclaim relates.…

…Amended pleadings in defence would be no more onerous than pleading to a new suit. Abortive pleadings to date can be compensated in costs.…

…The mere fact that the first respondent may succeed on the amended pleadings where it would have failed on the original pleadings is not an injustice to the appellant.…

…While it may be desirable to plead such an important point of law in one’s pleadings failure to do so in my view does not preclude the plaintiff from adducing and relying on such evidence.…

…Under order VI rule 3 Civil Procedure Rules a party need not plead evidence and under order VI rule 7 a party is at liberty to raise or leave out a point of law in his pleadings.…

…The appeal No. 53/93 filed by the applicant was on 27th July, 1999 struck out for failure to comply with Rule 85(1)(c) in that primary documents by way of pleadings were not included in the record.…

…From the pleadings before me, it is clear that the Plaintiff did not supply the particulars within the stipulated time. The Plaintiff supplied particulars on 4th July, 2008. That was 5 weeks after the time agreed.…

…The Plaintiff being dissatisfied with the particulars filed an application seeking to have the Defendant’s pleadings struck out. The Defendant’s Advocate did not appear for the hearing of the application.…

…I shall briefly now refer to the pleadings. The filed defence of the 1st respondent increased this sum to Shs 300,000/=.…

…I do not find favour with Mr Mithega’s submission that the Court has a duty to look at the pleadings and determine whether it has jurisdiction.…

…These follow the usual, stereotyped, particulars of negligence which can be obtained from any book on pleadings and civil procedure.…

…Adogo said that if the overloading of the scrap metal on the tractor was the cause of the Appellant jumping off, then this was not pleaded and was another instance of the variation between the pleadings and the evidence which…

…Civil Practice and Procedure – pleadings – striking out of pleadings – application to strike out plaint for not disclosing a cause of action – whether a party who has not been served with plaint can make such application…

…Mr Ombaka submitted that Order VI rule 13 (he actually said Order V rule 13) must be read in the context of the entire code and in particular to order VI rule 1 which empowers a party to amend once before the pleadings are…

…Before dealing with the important points of law raised in this appeal, it is necessary to set out the relevant facts which are established by the pleadings and by the evidence. 2.…

…Civil Practice and Procedure – pleadings – striking out of pleadings – application to strike out plaint for not disclosing a cause of action – whether a party who has not been served with plaint can make such application…

…Mr Ombaka submitted that Order VI rule 13 (he actually said Order V rule 13) must be read in the context of the entire code and in particular to order VI rule 1 which empowers a party to amend once before the pleadings are…

…The 3rd defendant seeks dismissal of the suit on the basis that it is more than three months since the pleadings closed.…