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…A deplorable feature that we have noticed was that the appellant was not represented by an advocate in the Superior Court.…

…In this case the appellant was not represented by an advocate and yet the judge proceeded to take a plea and finalise the matter. That is not a practice to be encouraged in future. It can lead to an order for retrial.…

…The facts of the case, according to the outline narrated by the senior state counsel and the mitigation preferred by the appellant's advocate, were these.…

…The appellant's advocate stated Olaga went for the appellant with the mattock first and the appellant repeats this in his memorandum of appeal. Otherwise the facts were agreed.…

…Ongele of Ongele and Company Advocates of Kisumu. The applicant swears that he instructed Mr.…

…WAINAINA (NO 3) [1982] KLR 33, LAW, J.A held that – “An advocate’s bona fide mistake, but not inordinate delay on the advocate’s part, may amount to sufficient cause …… The only delay was due to the advocate’s bona fide but…

…After listening to the submissions of the appellant’s then advocate Mr. Gekonge, on whether the appellant had a case to answer on the charge of murder, the learned Judge called upon the appellant to defend himself.…

…On the latter date the learned Judge’s record shows that the appellant’s advocate was not present in court as “Advocates are on strike.” The matter was again adjourned to 7th November, 2007 for mention.…

…It was the duty of his advocate, Mr Wasuna, to bring to the notice of the judge the principles and recent local awards for such claims.…

…Jabane’s advocate did not complain of this at the trial or in the appeal. There was no evidence on either matter.…

…He must have been notified of the result of his appeal either by his advocate or his wife. He states that his lawyer did not lodge notice of appeal on time due to other commitments.…

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

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

…Chan Wai Tong v Li Ping Sum [1985] 2 WLR 396 Advocates Satish Gautama and K M Pandya for the appellant I T Inamdar for the respondent September 10, 1985, Kneller JA delivered the following Judgment.…

…much physical distress after the operations and the appellant’s advocate harped on the throbbing pain which the appellant has to endure about thrice a week.…

…Anupchand and vijay sent for the police about 5 times in as many years, complained to the Mombasa Chamber of commerce, and to the Registrar of Business Names and prodded Mr parker, their advocate, into sending ‘Kaykay’ a…

…Each was denied access to his family and to his advocate until they were brought before the court which was 3 days later. Relatives brought food for them and were made to each some before Anupchand and Vijay did.…

…With the greatest respect to the learned advocate for the appellant his conception of the law as far as this appeal is concerned is misconceived.…

…Chan Wai Tong v Li Ping Sum [1985] 2 WLR 396 Advocates Satish Gautama and K M Pandya for the appellant I T Inamdar for the respondent September 10, 1985, Kneller JA delivered the following Judgment.…

…much physical distress after the operations and the appellant’s advocate harped on the throbbing pain which the appellant has to endure about thrice a week.…

…The advocate for the appellants said each admitted all the facts outlined by the provincial State Counsel which amounted to manslaughter.…

…Civil Procedure Act (cap 21) sections 3A, 75(1) Advocates Mr Juma for the Applicant Mr C B Gor for the Respondent August 29, 1991, the following Judgement of the Court was delivered.…

…The application for leave to appeal against Shields J’s decision was opposed by Mr C B Gor, the advocate for the respondent and original plaintiff.…

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

…The lessee shall supply to the lessors a true copy of the instrument of such transfer, assignment or subletting and pay the fees of the lessors’ advocates for perusing such instrument and witnessing the lessors’ consent thereon…

…Accordingly the first four respondents wrote through their advocates, Messrs Atkinson, Clearly and Satchu, seeking the appellant’s consent to the proposed assignment to the Pereiras’ by a letter dated October 7, 1985.…

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

…In a careful address, considering that Javan Bulemi is a layman, certainly not an advocate of the High Court, Javan Bulemi argued that the respondent sold the particular parcel of land to John Onyango through, him, Javan…

…It is of interest to note that the appellant's advocate Mr Ondaba in summing up the case, did not mention the baraza aspect of the defence.…