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…335 OF 1997 N W...........................................................APPLICANT versus M M.........................................................RESPONDENT R U L I N G There is a Divorce petition still pending for hearing…

…Be that as it may, the application that came before the learned trial magistrate was interlocutory pending the hearing of the divorce petition. Its foundation was the petition which was the substantive suit.…

…The appellant through his advocate in opposing the application has deposed that the delay in setting the appeal down for hearing has been occasioned by the failure of the court to avail the proceedings of the trial court…

…In the first situation, if within 3 months after the giving of directions the appeal has not been set down for hearing by the appellant, the respondent may elect either to set it down for hearing himself or apply for its…

…She adjourned the application to 26th April 1994 for hearing inter partes.…

…From the directions of the Honourable Chief Justice what is for hearing today is the main suit and not the application. I am prepared for hearing of the main suit.…

…Onyango is recorded to have stated as follows: “This hearing date was taken by consent of the parties. This morning I saw the Plaintiff in court.…

…It would appear to us that in this case the application was placed before Hayanga, J. for hearing on that account.…

…Alternatively, it seems, for it is not entirely clear, Mr Khanna, moves for an order that the executors of the deceased be substituted now and the hearing of the appeal be deferred pending the production of their grant of…

…probate, or the substitution and the hearing be deferred until the executors have obtained grant of probate.…

…, which in my view can have no other meaning than a reference to the hearing of the petition and not, for instance, to the hearing of an application such as that with which we are concerned in the present case.…

…The consequence of a breach of the rule is that the hearing of the petition is cancelled.…

….…..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…

….…..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…

…was fixed for hearing on March 29, 1979.…

…It does not appear that the advocate informed his client of the hearing date.…

…The appellant and his then advocate, had failed to attend court on the day fixed for the hearing of the suit.…

…The wording of rule 4(1) is as follows: “If on the day fixed for hearing after the suit has been called on for hearing outside the court, only the defendant attends and he admits no part of the claim, the suit shall be dismissed…

…The suit came up for hearing before a District Magistrate III. The appellant raised a preliminary objection that the suit was time - barred. This was upheld and the suit dismissed.…

…On hearing day 19.5.94, Mr. Muthusi appeared for Dr. Mutunga and applied for an adjournment. This was refused on grounds recorded, and the appeal was dismissed.…

…and cannot be reopened by the High Court; and that an error in the decision of the Court of Appeal cannot be said to be a violation of the right to a fair hearing.…

…The effect of such violations is to vitiate the trial to such extent that it amounts to no trial” [13] The appellant asserted that he was not accorded a fair hearing, nor was the hearing by the Court of Appeal conducted in…

…In this case, the hearing notice for today has been served.…

…We are informed by the clerk of the court, that when a notice of hearing is issued, it is not the registry’s practice to specify, in addition, that the application to strike out will be heard because, the appellant being…

…As does happen in such cases, the hearing of the arbitration proceedings was delayed.…

…In the circumstances the suit is now listed for hearing on 12th of October, 1992. Costs in the cause”. He further ordered that hearing notice be served on the appellant.…

…About a month later, on 25th September, 1992, she lodged Civil Appeal No. 140 of 1992 which was fixed for hearing on 28th October, 1996.…

…NO. 219/1998 This matter is coming up for hearing on 24th May, 1999.…

…Mr Mahan’s firm of advocates, Bail Sharma & Company, applied by letter on November 16, 1978 and on March 9, 1979 for the suit be set down for ‘formal proof’ so it was set down for hearing on May 8 and 23, 1979 but it was…

…Directions under Order 51 Civil Procedure Rules having not been given or dispensed with the hearing should not have taken place; 3. Mr Justice J S Patel had failed to exercise his discretion judicially.…

…At the hearing of the appeal, Mr Ochieng for the appellants contended that, whatever the established procedure was, the appellants should have been heard.…

…It is axiomatic at every seating or hearing that each party to the particular dispute will have been notified to attend, to prepare to be heard and to have ready his witnesses.…

…NO. 5489 OF 1990) *********************** R U L I N G: There was no appearance for the respondent at the hearing of the applicant's application this morning though counsel for the respondent was served on Friday, 30th June…

…, 2000 with today's hearing notice.…

…The motion was fixed for hearing on 17th November, 1993, but on account of some confusion of the hearing date on the part of the Corporation’s advocates the hearing could not proceed on that date.…

…The motion was then fixed for hearing for 1st December 1993.…