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….……….PLAINTIFF -VERSUSLEONARD NJOGU NJAU T/A KINYANJUI & NJAU ADVOCATES…………………………………….DEFENDANTS JUDGEMENT The Plaintiff has filed an Originating Summons asking for the balance of money from the Defendants being a sum of…

…There is also evidence that the advocates following these instructions did pay to the Plaintiff a total sum of Shs.900,000 which was passed to the vendor leaving a balance of Shs.300,000/-.…

….……….PLAINTIFF -VERSUSLEONARD NJOGU NJAU T/A KINYANJUI & NJAU ADVOCATES…………………………………….DEFENDANTS JUDGEMENT The Plaintiff has filed an Originating Summons asking for the balance of money from the Defendants being a sum of…

…There is also evidence that the advocates following these instructions did pay to the Plaintiff a total sum of Shs.900,000 which was passed to the vendor leaving a balance of Shs.300,000/-.…

…The advocate relied on the case law which demonstrated that the mistake of advocate may be excusable but in instances this indulgence of advocate may not be excusable.…

…The delay further in bringing this matter to court laid with the advocate.…

…A recognised agent is stated but not an advocate whose definition appears in the Advocates Act (Cap. 16).…

…"advocate" means any person whose name is duly entered upon the Roll of Advocates or upon the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel and .......... includes any person mentioned in S. 10."…

…The delay if any in opening the account can not be attributed to the firm of Nyachae & Company Advocates’ but to F.N. Wamalwa & Company Advocates who are now trying to put the blame on Nyachae & Company Advocates.…

…Wamalwa & Co Advocates for payment of Kshs 1,373,832.40 with interest thereon at 32% per annum from 20.12.96 until receipt of the said sum from M/s Wambugu & Co Advocates and henceforth interest thereon at 27% such interest…

…The delay if any in opening the account can not be attributed to the firm of Nyachae & Company Advocates’ but to F.N. Wamalwa & Company Advocates who are now trying to put the blame on Nyachae & Company Advocates.…

…Wamalwa & Co Advocates for payment of Kshs 1,373,832.40 with interest thereon at 32% per annum from 20.12.96 until receipt of the said sum from M/s Wambugu & Co Advocates and henceforth interest thereon at 27% such interest…

…Hamilton Harrison & Mathews advocates and Meenye and company advocates asked the Deputy Registrar to record an order in the following terms: 1.…

…Leaky and Meenye and Company Advocates. It is now the plaintiff’s case that M/s. Meenye and Company advocates had no authority to enter into any consent on behalf of the plaintiff.…

…The defendant’s advocate was allowed to withdraw from acting for his client on account of lack of adequate or appropriate instructions.…

…The defendant’s advocate had failed to alert his client of the consequences of delay in giving him instructions for filing a defence.…

…On October 2, 1984 the decree-holders advocates by letter to the deputy registrar requested that this case be mentioned to consider the position of the execution ordered. A mentions date was taken for November 11, 1984.…

…When the case came up for hearing on the 25th January 1984 the advocates for all the parties had agreed on the quotum of damages and hence the following consent order was recorded by this court.…

…Advocates Anjarwalla for plaintiff Juma for defendants February 8, 1985, Mandari J delivered the following Judgment.…

…herein with concurrence of the advocates for the defendant be set aside.…

…Instead, the notice of change of advocate herein dated 24th January 1990 was signed by M/S. Arum and Company Advocates.…

…For the reason the public is deemed to have notice of advocates who are unqualified to offer legal services at a fee.…

…It is also noteworthy that the Advocates Act itself makes provision for the recovery of the fees paid to such an advocate.…

…Advocates Anjarwalla for plaintiff Juma for defendants February 8, 1985, Mandari J delivered the following Judgment.…

…The sum total of the argument is that the plaintiff/applicant is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya practising under the name and style of Amayamu & Co Advocates currently based in Eldoret.…

…It appears the title documents were released as per the undertaking of the plaintiff/applicant to the advocates of the bank.…

…Upon being served with the joint statement of defence the Plaintiff through its advocates sought further and better particulars of that defence.…

…The defendants blame both the poor communication between them and their erstwhile advocates and their advocates’ poor conduct of this case for the delay.…

…DEFENDANT R U L I N G ALII MARO HERO (the plaintiff) instituted this case against DOYO GUYU ( the defendant) through a plaint drawn and filed on the 12th May 2003 by M/s Mungatana & Co Advocates, praying for a declaration…

…The defendant, through Ms BEN OCHIENG & CO ADVOCATES, filed a defence in which he pleaded that this court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine this suit or to grant the reliefs sought by the plaintiff pursuant to the…

…Instead, their advocates took it upon themselves to swear affidavits on their behalf.…

…I do not think an advocate for the plaintiff would normally have personal knowledge of the mattes in dispute.…

…Service of court processes by post to advocates after appearance is provided for under Order IX rule 7 (1) Civil Procedure Rules.…

…It was posted at Mombasa for delivery at Nairobi where the applicants’ advocates ordinarily practices as such advocate. Postage was effected on 18th February, 1989.…