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…The Applicant has admitted that it  failed to comply with court directives  and is therefore approaching the Court with unclean hands.…

…As such, the appellants had approached the court with unclean hands. Proceedings in the High Court 16. The appeal was canvassed by way of written submissions. 17.…

…I find that the appellant has come to court with unclean hands. This court will not cover the actions of an indolent party to aid in waste of precious judicial time.…

…It was further stated that the applicants had come to court with unclean hands and were therefore undeserving of the relief sought. 4.…

…Thus, it will be perfect to label them as litigants who have come to court with unclean hands. And as it were, equity will not show any love to a person who has acted mala fides in seeking its hand.…

…A party who approaches a court of equity with unclean hands should not expect equity to be done to him.…

…intention of buying time, that it has been filed at the eleventh hour upon the Applicants realizing that the payment or the first installment was imminent on 4th April 2025 and that the Applicants have come to court with unclean…

…hands.…

…[d] That the learned magistrate erred in law and in fact in finding that the appellant had come to equity with unclean hands thereby arriving at an erroneous decision with regard to the merits of the appellant’s claim in…

…hands and yet it was the respondent who had acted in an underhand manner by repossessing the chattel without any justifiable cause.…

…She deposed that the Applicant is before this Court with unclean hands as he is contempt of court orders that are in force and have not been stayed and that he has and continues to ignore, neglect and/or refused to provide…

…That the Appellant has approached this Court with very unclean hands because as at the time the trial court made the orders the Appellant is seeking to stay execution of, he was in contempt of court by failing to provide…

…Be that as it may, the defence raised, in justification of its actions, was raised late in the day by the appellant who has come to this court with unclean hands by trying to craftily gain advantage of the appeal by introducing…

…He came to court with unclean hands for failure to disclose all material facts. In my mind, he is not sincere and does not deserve discretionary orders of this court.…

…It is surprising, that the appellant, who had, no doubt, approached the court with unclean hands, would be unhappy with the court bending backwards to accommodate it, would have the temerity to challenge the favourable orders…

…The grounds of opposition are as follows: 1) The application is an abuse of the court process; 2) The Appellants have approached the Court with unclean hands; 3) The appeal is not arguable; 4) The Respondents hold a valid…

…She further averred that the respondent had moved court with unclean hands in equity and had failed to disclose that she had repaid part of the loan advanced of Kshs.50,000/= and was therefore underserving of the orders sought…

…The Applicant argues that the Applicant’s demand for payment in respect of the JR matter is therefore made in bad faith, is tainted by unclean hands, and amounts to an attempt at unjust enrichment.…

…In summary, the respondent contends that the applicant approaches the Court with unclean hands, having retained and concealed the suit vehicle while failing to pay the decretal sum; that the application is res judicata or…

…Lady Justice Mshilla on 4 th July 2019 on grounds that having not paid the decretal sum the Applicants had come to Court with unclean hands.…

…The Appellant accused the Respondent of approaching the court with unclean hands, thus disentitling him to equitable relief. According to the Appellant, the Respondent’s claim should have been dismissed with costs.…

…The Respondent submitted that the Applicant has approached this Court with unclean hands.…

…For the reasons stated hereinabove, I find that the Appellant approached this Court with unclean hands as he took the trial court through an academic exercise to hear and determine a dispute in which the subject matter was…