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…However, permanent employment does not mean that it is necessarily employment for life or until retirement, it merely means that the employment is to continue for an indefinite period with an element of permanency and a degree…

…His contract of employment with the defendant was terminated.…

…She contends that her employment was unlawful and in breach of her contract of service with the Defendant. She further contends that the Defendant defamed her in various notes and memoranda addressed to her.…

…Again if the employee were to be minded to leave his employment, say for a better - paid job, and he gives notice of his intention to leave, the employees is not obliged to assign any reason for his intention to terminate…

…The plaintiff’s claim relates to alleged wrongful summary dismissal from his employment by the defendants.…

…The defence is that the plaintiff’s dismissal from employment was proper and does not provide him with a cause of action in the suit. That is certainly an arguable point.…

…DEFENDANT JUDGMENT The plaintiff Ali Juma Maingi sued his former employer Metal Box (K) Ltd claiming damages for the injuries he sustained as a result of being assaulted by one of his fellow co-employees, in the course of their employment…

…The defendant denied in its defence, that the assault of the plaintiff by his fellow employee occurred in the course of their employment nor was it precipitated by the negligence of the defendant, as assault is a criminal…

…An employer will be held to be vicariously liable if its employee was acting within the course and scope of employment at the time the delict was committed.” [Own emphasis] 36.…

…Where there is no salary proved or employment, the court should be wary into subscribing to a gure so as to come up with a probable sum to be used as a multiplicand.…

…The plaintiff in the present case is still retained in his employment but the fact that the peri-arthritis in the right shoulder is a permanent feature has to be taken into account.…

…DEFENDANTS JUDGMENT By this action the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendants damages for the personal injuries which he suffered when the upper wall of the pit in which he was working in the course of his employment…

…The plaintiff’s residual disability when combined with the fact that he is illiterate render him totally unfit for any gainful employment.…

…Our clerk left our employment in between. I believe.”…

…In the other case, it was stated that “our” clerk left the advocate’s employment.…

…On the 10th October, 1987, he was injured in the course of his employment with the Defendant.…

…Further, the Defendant states that it was an agreed condition that once a staff member leaves the employment of Defendant if they had several loans all the outstanding loans would be merged into one loan account for ease…

…At the time the Plaintiff’s employment was terminated she had 3 outstanding loans being the school fees loan, check off loan and the car loan which loans were consolidated into one account with effect from 18th November 2005…

…The witness wanted to know the whereabouts of her daughter, and was protesting against the plaintiff’s meddling in her daughter’s employment and spoiling her work.…

…There is evidence that after the deceased left the plaintiff, the plaintiff behaved towards her in a vindicative spirit and, in particular, tried to have her dismissed from her employment.…

…It was the unanimous opinion of the 3 surgeons that the severe injuries which he sustained have almost utterly destroyed his opportunities in the employment market and have permanently consigned him as a dependant of another…

…The third defendant by reason of his being their employer and the assault having been committed by the first two defendants in the course of their employment is also liable.…

…He further alleges that at the time of the accident the two vehicles were being driven by their respective drivers as the servants or agents of their respective owners in the course of their employment and/or within the scope…

…The accused was 48 years of age, and he stood to lose his employment and terminal benefits. Mr Njugi said, and this is of particular significance to the present action, that what was stolen had been discarded.…

…He further alleges that at the time of the accident the two vehicles were being driven by their respective drivers as the servants or agents of their respective owners in the course of their employment and/or within the scope…

…The driver was in the course if his employment and so he binds the master.…

…The Defendant has not alleged anywhere that the person piloting the Ferry at the time of the accident was not doing so in the course of his employment.…

…The deceased hada net regular employment income of Kshs 12,097 including houseallowance. He earned a monthly average of K.shs. 15,000-20,000/-from Private tuition.…