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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Hancox JA, Chesoni & Platt Ag JJA) CIVIL APPEAL NO 34 OF 1982 KEMFRO AFRICA LIMITED T/A “MERU EXPRESS SERVICES (1976)” & ANOTHER …………….…..…………….APPLICANT VERSUS OLIVE LUBIA & ANOTHER ………….....…..RESPONDENT RULING When this appeal was called on for hearing, Mr Kwach, appearing on behalf of the two respondents, took the preliminary objection that the mandatory provisions of Rule 85 (1) (f) of rules of this court had not been complied with, in that none o
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
children would be an important factor in giving rise to a presumption of marriage, it is not a must in order to give rise to it. As far as the evidence of Mary Njoki herself was concerned she spoke in great detail about her early association and life with the deceased, about their three places of residence in Pumwani, Langata and Lavington where they lived together, about the two houses which the deceased bought in partnership, one of them from the National Housing Corporation, about the amount
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
United India Insurance Co Ltd Kenindia Insurance Co Ltd & Oriental Fire & General Insurance Co Ltd v East African Underwriters (Kenya) Ltd Court of Appeal, at Nairobi January 17, 1985 Madan, Kneller & Hancox JJA Civil Appeal No 36 of 1983 (Appeal from the High Court at Nairobi, Platt J, ) Cases Commonwealth & C. 191 The Fehmarn [1957] 1 Lloyds Law Reports 551 Eleftheria [1969 Lloyds Law Reports 237 The Chaparral [1972 2 Lloyds Law Reports 315 Universal Ltd.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Madan, Hancox & Kneller JJA CIVIL APPEAL NO. 56 OF 1981 BETWEEN CHARLES OLOO..................................................APPELLANT AND KENYA POSTS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION.................................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court at Nairobi, Nyarangi J)
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI ( Coram: Kneller, Hancox JJA & Chesoni Ag JA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 91 OF 1983 BETWEEN NGOME............................................................................APPELLANT AND PLANTEX COMPANY LTD.......................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court of Nairobi, Gachuhi J)
Division and case type: Anti-CorruptionCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI ( Coram: Kneller JA, Chesoni & Nyarangi Ag JJA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 50 OF 1983 BETWEEN NDOO T/A NGOMENI BUS SERVICE........................................APPELLANT AND KAKUZI LTD..............................................................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court at Nairobi, Hancox J)
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI ( Coram:Hancox JA, Chesoni & Nyarangi Ag JJA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 1 OF 1982 BETWEEN MORJARIA.................................................................................APPELLANT AND ABDALLA...............................................................................RESPONDENT (In an appeal from the High Court at Nakuru, Mead J)
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
What, today, is the correct approach of a court to an application for summary judgment under order XXXV rule 1 where there is a claim on a note and the defence is a set-off or counterclaim? Should the payment due on it be held up until the trial of the set-off or counterclaim has been heard?
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
ORDER Mr Khanna, for the appellants, by a motion on notice of February 2, 1984, expressed to be brought under rules 42 and 96 of the Court of Appeal Rules, asks this court to substitute as a party to the appeal in place of the late second appellant, Ajit Gurbaksh Singh, either Harbans Kaur, the widow, or one or both of the named executors of the deceased’s will who are Amrik Singh Gurbaksh Singh and Joginder Singh Gurbaksh Singh, the third and fifth appellants, and the hearing of the appeal
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
There is an air of ellipsis about Mr Chakava’s argument. It springs no doubt from the terms of the order drawn up as a result of the High Court’s judgment.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Madan, Kneller JJA & Chesoni Ag JA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 43 OF 1983 THE EAST AFRICAN POWER AND LIGHTING COMPANY LIMITED …..….....…................…..
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
without leave, it would have been incompetent in any event. The real issue before us is whether the order should have included a statement that leave to appeal had been given.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Hancox JA, Chesoni & Platt Ag JJA) CIVIL APPEAL NO 34 OF 1982 KEMFRO AFRICA LIMITED T/A “MERU EXPRESS SERVICES (1976)” & ANOTHER …………….…..…………….APPLICANT VERSUS OLIVE LUBIA & ANOTHER ………….....…..RESPONDENT RULING When this appeal was called on for hearing, Mr Kwach, appearing on behalf of the two respondents, took the preliminary objection that the mandatory provisions of Rule 85 (1) (f) of rules of this court had not been complied with, in that none o
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
Lucie-Smith Ag CJ held that the former Supreme Court had inherent power ex debito justitiae to order stay of execution pending an appeal in Olivia Da Ritta Sequeira E Facho & Another v ER Sequeira, BA Roderigues and RA Ribeiro (1933) 15 KLR 34 (k) and Newbold P Sir Clement de Lestang Ag VP and Spry JA of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa in Ujagar Singh v Runda Coffee Estates Ltd [1966] EA 263 (CA-K). There was no appeal pending here but it may be that there could be other circumstances cal
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
REPUBLIC OF KENYA COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI civ app 13 of 80 M’Ikiara M’Mukanya and another v Gilbert Kabere M’Mbijiwe (Potter & Kneller JJA & Chesoni Ag JA) Civil Appeal No 13 of 1980 Cases 1. Thompson v Ward [1955] 2 QB 155 2.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
Consequently, the respondent asked for judgment against the appellant in the form of an eviction order and the costs, and interest on the costs, for having to bring this into court. The appellant claims that the same land was registered in the name of Mukui Kamau who allowed the appellant entry upon it in 1964 (which is twelve years before the respondent says the appellant trespassed on this land) and the appellant goes on to say that he has lived on it ever since, put up a house on it and plant