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…By a letter dated 3rd April, 1996, the applicant asked the High Court for its proceedings and ruling to enable the applicant lodge an appeal.That letter was not copied to the respondent's advocates; nor was it copied to respondents…

…One Mwangi Mbuthia, the advocate for the applicant, has sworn a supporting affidavit and he explains the delay by saying that they were looking for some criminal proceedings which they thought were necessary to enable them…

…The plaintiff’s advocates gave both a clear reminder and indication to the defendant that the plaintiff was prepared to go to arbitration, even blindly without having read the rules of Conciliation and Arbitration.…

…When the ruling was delivered the plaintiff’s advocate, Mr Bhandari asked for costs for counsel - for himself and Mr Nowrojee.…

…Very briey what happened in that petition was that the advocates signed the petition as advocates for the petitioner.…

…name of the advocate who he thereby authorizes to act as his advocate.…

…Later on July 10, CB Mistri informed the First Defendant’s advocates that the property was sold on July 5, 1984 for Kshs 1,100,000.…

…, Mr NP Vohra informed the First Defendant’s Advocates of the ruling of the High Court given by Masime, J.…

…Dias, advocate for the appellant, Galaxy Paints Company Limited, moves the court for the following orders that: The Honourable Judges of Appeal, Mr Justice Kwach and Mr Justice Lakha who are on this present Bench, do disqualify…

…Dias Advocate, P. O. Box 44016, NAIROBI . Dear Madam, RE: CLAIM NO. CL/B/125 C. A. NO. 219/1998 This matter is coming up for hearing on 24th May, 1999.…

…in the record of appeal which was served upon the appellant, and in addition he was aware that this appeal had been filed from the correspondence exchanged between the deputy registrar of this court and the appellant’s advocate…

…which was copied to the respondent’s advocate.…

…On her part, Jennifer Gaya’s advocates by their letter dated 19.2.1987, and addressed to the appellant, undertook to pay the appellant for the bags if delivered.…

…As a result of the first set of purchase advices, the sum of Kshs 27 million was paid by the Board to Jennifer Gaya through her advocates on behalf of Nchoke Ltd and Yamao Ltd.…

…Chunga was present when this order was made but the appellant was certainly not present as were his advocates.…

…We are aware that section 365 of the Code provides that:- “No party has a right to be heard either personally or by an Advocate before the High Court when exercising its powers of revision.”, but it must not be forgotten…

…It transpires therefore that the respondent was not in any breach of her obligations under the agreement of sale at the time the appellant, by his advocates’ letter of 31st August, 1994 repudiated the contract.…

…In the result, the bill of costs filed by the Advocates for the appellant on September 28, 1998 is taxed at Ksh.126,050/= which is to be added a sum of Ksh.1261/= making in all shillings one hundred twenty seven thousand…

…Mr S B M Kariuki, the appellant herein, has in the recent past been the advocate on record for the Hon K S N Matiba.…

…It is obvious to me that to counternance Mr Kariuki’s type of claim would open judges to endless harassment by all manner of malcontents, whether advocates or parties, who might feel that they have unfairly lost their battles…

…It can be understood if one cannot produce a receipt for a “matatu” journey but when fees are paid to an advocate there ought to be a receipt.…

…The respondents’ costs in the superior court will be on the scale applicable in the Resident Magistrate’s court, as provided for in Schedule VII of the Advocates (Renumeration) Order.…

…Conway v Wimpey & Co (No 2) [1951] 2 KB 266 Advocates Kamau Kuria with DP Mugambi for Appellants SM Otieno with Kariba Mbabu for Respondent 21st February 1984.…

…The Memorandum of appeal filed on May 16, 1980 by M'Mukanya and Nyamu's first advocates had just one (prolix) ground: "The learned judge erred in law failing to appreciate and in misdirecting himself on the legal ingredients…

…The Judge granted a stay on condition that the defendants paid a sum of Shs.720,000/-, being 10% of the damages awarded, to the appellant's Advocates.…

…The deceased was an advocate by profession. He died in a motor car accident.…

…Long association and cohabitation: these were, I presume, what her advocate at the trial, Mr.…

…In the result, the bill of costs filed by the Advocates for the appellant on September 28, 1998 is taxed at Ksh.126,050/= which is to be added a sum of Ksh.1261/= making in all shillings one hundred twenty seven thousand…

…By their letter of 23rd September, 1997 the respondent's then advocates M/s Mbai & Kibuthu wrote to the Managing Director of the applicant seeking documents to enable them to prepare the transfer of the suit property to the…

…I assume it was until the receipt of the letter from the defendants’ advocates. Why did he not continue to do so?…

…The plaintiff took the defendant’s advocates to task severely on that point. I have endeavoured to explain that with the whole appeal now before the court those matters are no longer of significance.…