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…APPLICANT VERSUS GEORGE W WAWERU................................RESPONDENT RULING On 27th December 1991, the plaintiff/applicant filed a suit against the defendant/respondent and claimed from him both general and special damages…

…I agree with the defence submission that no special damages were pleaded in the plaint and as such no such special damages can be awarded.…

…He must therefore have suffered substantial damages for which he should be adequately compensated.…

…General damages were assessed at Kshs 300,000.00.…

…The court assessed general damages as Kshs 250,000/-.…

…and Kshs 73,000/- as general damages plus costs of the suit and interest.…

…He also argued that the damages awarded in the case were exorbitant.…

…General damages for pain suffering and loss of amenities assessed at Kshs 150,000/-.…

…The court awarded Kshs 180,000/- as general damages, cost of future treatment KShs. 28,000/- and special damages of Kshs 650/- total Kshs 208,650/-.…

…No special damages were proved and no general damages were proved beyond the cost of repairs which the tenant had met. Appeal dismissed. Cases No cases referred to. Statutes No statutes referred.…

…In our opinion, there is no legal liability on the respondent to pay any damages beyond this.…

…He went on to award the respondent Kshs 29,320 as special damages, and a total of Kshs 786,600 by way of general damages, made up as follows: 1. Kshs 450,000 for pain and suffering and loss of amenities of life. 2.…

…They were an actual loss and must be proved as part of the special damages.…

…He found that the company could be adequately compensated in damages by the Bank and KCFC if the company succeeded in proving its claims in the trial of the action.…

…The damages were quantifiable and the Bank and KCFC had the assets to cover them.…

…He found that the company could be adequately compensated in damages by the Bank and KCFC if the company succeeded in proving its claims in the trial of the action.…

…The damages were quantifiable and the Bank and KCFC had the assets to cover them.…

….…..RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court at Kisumu, Butler-Sloss J) JUDGMENT Platt JA The appellant, Shadrack Arap Baiywo, had been sued by the respondent Bodi Bach, for damages, because the appellant had first sold to…

…The form of the application appears to follow order IXA rule 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules, whereby interlocutory judgment was prayed for, pending the matter being set down for the assessment of damages.…

…Restorative justice: to address the needs arising from the criminal conduct such as loss and damages. v. Community protection: to protect the community by incapacitating the oender. vi.…

…It is the suit filed by Shem Nyambasi Mulefu and Elija Nandi Chikamai against the applicant for injunction, eviction and general damages.…

…Although the respondents got themselves registered as proprietors of the applicant’s parcel of land and got certificate of title, the suit filed for injunction as to trespass, possession and damages relates to a different…

…It is the suit filed by Shem Nyambasi Mulefu and Elija Nandi Chikamai against the applicant for injunction, eviction and general damages.…

…Although the respondents got themselves registered as proprietors of the applicant’s parcel of land and got certificate of title, the suit filed for injunction as to trespass, possession and damages relates to a different…

…Shakeel Ahmed, unequivocally repudiated the agreement in their letter of June 19, 1987, it is hardly surprising that Mayfair Holdings sued for specic performance of the agreement, an order for transfer of the property and damages…

…Whether the appellant’s legal advisers should have included a claim against Shakeel personally for damages is only a matter for incidental comment here. 28.…

…It follows that once an employee has been dismissed, whether rightly or wrongly, the dismissal stands, and if the contract has been broken by the employer, damages for breach of contract is the remedy to which the employee…