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…Advocates who had been actually participating in this file. Both parties wished to have this file transferred to Meru as most of the witnesses reside there.…

…The advocate for the defendant did not appear for hearing on 19.3.96, when he had been duly served. He did mention to the advocate for the plaintiff that he was no longer on record. This is not enough.…

…A defence was filed by the defendant/respondent through his firm of advocates Mbugua and Mbugua in which liability was actually denied saying that the accident occurred through inevitable circumstances or as an act of God…

…As a result of this document the plaintiff/applicant through his counsel Njuguna & Co, Advocates filed an application on 21st April 1992 to pray for entry of judgment against the defendant/respondent in the sum of Kshs 67,900…

…It was the mistake of the advocates clerk who was given the documents to file but failed to do so.…

…The mistake of an advocate’s clerk is that of the advocate concerned and I note that counsel has not disowned the clerk save that he has left the firm and his whereabouts are unknown.…

…She also produced a receipt for Ksh 7,000/- for the letters of administration being the advocates fees. This item was objected to by the advocate for the defendant.…

…The advocate for the defendant stated that an award for pain suffering and loss of Amenities be given at Ksh. 25,000/- only. He recorded therefore that a multiplier of 8 be given.…

…When this case came up for hearing on the 10.5.99, the advocate for the defendant stated he did not bring his witnesses to court. The reasons being that the parties were negotiating on out of court settlement.…

…The advocate for the plaintiff denied any knowledge of such settlement or any at all. The parties were given time to verify their facts and to return to court to either record a settlement or to continue with hearing.…

…The application is supported by an affidavit sworn on October 2, 2000 by Michael J Iseme, an advocate of this Honourable Court and a partner in the firm of Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates, which said firm is on record for…

…The same point was taken by the respondent’s advocate Mr Nzamba Kitonga.…

…When the case came before me for Formal Proof, the Advocates for the parties had not properly thought out the case, but after some discussion in Court and a 1/2 days adjournment the issues became clear to both Judge and Counsel…

…and I have had much assistance from the Advocates.…

…The third one is a letter by the applicant’s advocates on record to those on record for the respondents notifying them of their intention to apply for judgment, either on admission, or summary, unless they consented to the…

…The sixth and 7th documents are correspondence exchanged between the applicant’s advocates and himself on the defence which had been filed. The applicants denied they had bought any good from the defendant whatsoever.…

…In due course the defendant changed advocates and appointed Messers A Y A Jiwaji & Jiwaji instead of Bryson Inamdar & Bowyer.…

…It has become a standard ploy on the part of advocates to give as a reason for having taken no action that the file is not traceable in the registry.…

…The same affidavit further reveals that when payment for the goods was not forthcoming, the plaintiff’s advocates demanded payment of the amount due being Shs.1,586,735.50, to which demand the defendant responded as follows…

…Responding to the Plaintiff’s Advocates submission that the first Defendant had not filed an affidavit, he stated that there was no law which required one Defendant not to swear an affidavit on his behalf and on behalf of…

…Paragraph (d) of the consent is also a clear pointer that the parties and their advocates anticipated that they would go on with the suit and that is why they recorded that “costs of the application be in the suit”.…

…The plaintiffs executed the same and returned them to the defendant’s advocates on 23rd October, 1984. That was about seven months from the date of acceptance of the offer to advance money.…

…The charge had not been drawn by the defendant’s advocates.…

…DEFENDANT RULING This suit was fixed by the plaintiff advocates for hearing today after which he served the defendants counsel with a hearing notice for today.…

…He failed to meet his advocate last Friday. I have perused the plaint. Plaint claims that in 1977 defendant closed the boundary between his land and plaintiffs land parcel no.…

…I owe a lot to the advocate for the plaintiffs. I owe a lot to the advocate for the defendants.…

…Then there is this affidavit of the advocate Mr Taib Ali Taib. One does not deny the right of an advocate to swear an affidavit.…

…Sampson Advocates of Archer & Wilcock Advocates concerning a meeting he had with S. Rahimtullah concerning security interceding on behalf of the defendant. The note contains a record of what was discussed.…

…No. 74A: Letter from 3rd plaintiffs advocates to bank advocates enclosing a bankers cheque for Shs.3,514,562/=. Doc.…

…When the case came before me for Formal Proof, the Advocates for the parties had not properly thought out the case, but after some discussion in Court and a 1/2 days adjournment the issues became clear to both Judge and Counsel…

…and I have had much assistance from the Advocates.…

…The defendants did not appear in court on the day of the hearing, though their advocate on record Messrs Macharia and Njore, advocates of Thika, were served with a hearing notice.…

…I grant a stay of execution upon the following terms:- (1) The entire decretal amount is paid within 2 weeks of the date hereof into an interest bearing account in a bank approved by both sides in the joint names of the advocates…

…Through their respective Advocates, each of the parties filed written submissions.…