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…For reasons that are not clear, but which have no relevance to this reference, the respondent fell out with its advocates.…

…The said advocates (who are now the applicants) then filed their Advocate-Client Bill of Costs on 13th January 2005.…

…The application is based on the ground that there was a mistake on the part of the advocate in having miscalculated the date from which the time commenced to run for the purpose of computing the time within which the appeal…

…The Certificate of Delay included in the original appeal which was struck out and the one attached to the present application states in paragraph 6 as follows: "By letter dated 20th May 1998 the Advocates were notified that…

…Mr Kabaka, the petition’s advocate, in the circumstances abandoned the first prayer in the application. I heard argument on the other prayers and on the authority of RETWEEDS GARAGES LTD [1962] I All E.R. 121.…

…Mr Lepelley, advocate for the petitioner, submitted that as there was no question but that interest in payable on dishonoured bills of Exchange and the Petitioner had not tendered any amount in respect thereof I should make…

…There is in the Bankruptcy Notice no 10 file notice of appointment by the debtors advocates filed on 8/10/90 and also a letter by the Debtors advocates dated 15/10/90 asking for copies of the pleadings for service and action…

…The same advocates filed fresh appearance and Notice of appointment in his Bankruptcy Cause on 18/2/91 – four days after the receiving order was given.…

…Both appellants were represented at their trial by Mr S K M Mwangi, advocate, and the date of their respective sentences was the March 27, 1984.…

…The reason each appellant gave for the delay in preparing his appeal until July, 1984, (not July, 1983, as the record erroneously states) was that he was waiting to hear from his advocate, meaning Mr S K M Mwangi.…

…Unfortunately the initial letter the registrar dated July 22, 1980 was not copied to the respondent to the intended appeal or their advocate as Rule 81 (2) requires. Held: 1.…

…Unfortunately the initial letter to the registrar applying for the certified copies was not copied to the respondent to the intended appeal (that is Esso) or their advocates as rule 81(2) requires.…

…The Application is supported by an affidavit sworn by Wilfred Nyamu, an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and seized with the conduct of the matter on behalf of the Petitioner. 3.…

…Nyamu was unavailable and the advocate he had instructed to hold his brief had several matters that had earlier been listed before other Courts, and he had therefore been late to attend to this matter before this Court. 5…

…The Official Receiver was however, represented by two advocates Mr Agina and led Mr Ndisya. The debtor was examined by the official receivers’ Senior Advocate.…

…It is an application by Kaplan & Stratton, Advocates, for extension of time for lodging a Notice of Appeal and Memorandum and Record of Appeal.…

…(b) “Ramesh Manek, Esq Advocate for the second defendant (ie Trade Bank Ltd) his costs occasioned by and thrown away by the appearance and defence filed by Kaplan and Stratton, Advocates on behalf of the second defendant…

…Application No. 796 of 1997) ****************************** R U L I N G The applicant, Moses Kipngetich Kurgat is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.…

…The ruling he alludes to had the effect of, if not stayed confirmning his suspension from the roll of advocates as decided by the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society of Kenya on the 22nd day of August, 1997.…

…He was disatisfied with the Conviction and Sentence, he decided to appeal and to that end instructed an advocate (M/s Mainye) .…

…True, the date was changed to the 8th August, but that does not alter the essential fact in that he had no business to leave his advocate without instructions.…

…RESPONDENT RULING MORRIS GUCHURA NJAGE (to be referred to in this ruling throughout as "the Applicant") is an advocate of this court and practices law through his law firm of M/s NJAGE & CO. Advocates based in Embu.…

…He is therefore being represented by another advocate of this court, Mr Mureithi Kibe.…

…Kirui, Advocate, for the Petitioner Mr. J.M. Motanya, Advocate, for the Respondent Mr. N. Bett, Court clerk…

…He submitted that the summing up by the Judge Advocate was one sided and concentrated mainly on the prosecution's case.…

…This statement from Mr Esmail has not been disputed either by the debtor or by its advocate. I therefore believe Mr Esmail that the said appeal is not in respect of the debt but is against the order for possession only.…

…I am also satisfied that the appeal was struck out because of a bona fide mistake on the part of the advocate which should not preclude his client from seeking to obtain a decision of its dispute on the merits.…

…It would probably be enough debt to crush or to silence anyone else in the applicant’s position, but he has a passionate desire to qualify as an advocate and to be admitted to the Roll under section 13 of the Advocates Act…

…He has now informed this court that the has given his advocate Shs 30,000 to be paid to the respondents.…