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…It was subject to the directors of The Kenya Alliance Insurance Company Limited admitting liability which plainly means no liability had been admitted at that stage.…

…In the event the respondent denied liability and the only evidential value of that document was the extent of the damage.…

…Thus, the policy of insurance mentioned above insured Pauline W Kimuyu or her agent in respect of any such liability as is required to be covered by section 5 (b) of the Act.…

…However, upon examination and investigation, the appellant repudiated liability under the insurance policy for reasons which were communicated to the insured.…

…Kihara for the respondents argued that as the issue of liability had been determined by consent, there was no necessity of producing letters of administration. With respect, the issue of liability is in respect of tort.…

…The agreement between the parties as regards liability, decided the question of who was to blame and to what extent, for the accident. It was therefore wrong for Mr.…

…This is a suit of vicarious liability and in Launchburry v Morgans [1971] 2 QB 245 at p 253 Lord Denning MR said, the phrase vicarious liability means: “that one person takes the place of another so far as liability is concerned…

…In Broom v Morgan [1953] 1 QB 597, it was suggested that: “the master’s liability for the negligence of his servant is not a vicarious liability but a liability of the master himself owing to his failure to have seen that…

…Liability is denied by the defendants who, however. did not turn up to testify in the matter.…

…In this regard it is pertinent that I refer to s 107 (1) and (2) which provide as follows: 107 (1) Whoever desires any Court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability dependent on the existence of facts which he…

…It is the averred in the pliantiff’s affidavit (para 8) that the defendant never questioned any of those statements of account or his liability for the amount shown on the statements.…

…or to recover from the plaintiff by way of a counterclaim, a sum of money which does not readily reduce the liability of the defendant to the plaintiff, does not entitle the defendant prevent the plaintiff from obtaining…

…The plaintiff submitted a claim to be indemnified for the loss and damage arising from the accident but this was rejected by the appellant which disclaimed liability.…

…The appellant entered appearance and also filed a defence denying liability on the grounds:- (a) That at the time of the accident the vehicle was being driven by an unauthorised driver in breach of the policy; (b) that the…

…At first the Defendant denied liability for the negligence but on the 30th October, 1991, the parties agreed that the Plaintiff was himself 10% negligent while the Defendant was 90% negligent.…

…Liability was accordingly agree on those terms and I do not have to deal with the issue of liability. Special damages were also agreed at Shs.1,150/-. What general damages should I award to the Plaintiff?…

…The appellant however disputed the nature and value of the respondent’s goods allegedly lost and contended that in any case its liability to compensate the respondent was limited by the Warsaw Convention 1929 and the Hague…

…And by article 4(3) the convention mandatorily requires the carrier to record the number and weight of the luggage: failure to do so disentitles the carrier from availing itself of the limitation of liability provided by…

…If successful, the assessment of damages would fall away, and the suit would be heard fully, and damages assessed as part of the proceedings, on the basis of such liability found, if any.…

…On the other hand, it was open to the defendant company to wait until judgment was complete, and appeal from both the finding of liability and the damages assessed.…

…“Without Prejudice” meant without admission of liability but here there was express admission of liability and a proposal for payment.…

…It preceded the defence which makes total denial of liability. There is however an express admission of the debt in the letter save for interest charged and there is a proposal for payment by specied instalments.…

…There is no appeal before us against liability as judgment on liability was entered by Consent and the suit proceeded only on assessment of damages.…

…There is no appeal before us against liability as judgment on liability was entered by Consent and the suit proceeded only on assessment of damages.…

…He was obviously referring to the issue of liability as he did say, and quite correctly in our view, that the issue of damages should proceed to proof by way of assessment of damages. Mr.…

…there was no denial at all of the allegation of the alleged wrongly dismissal and in any event there was no application made to the judge orally or otherwise to amend the defence, we see no point in letting the issue of liability…

…However, such finding does not absolve the defendant from liability. Besides the speed, the court must consider whether he kept any proper look out or sufficient regard for the pedestrians crossing the road.…

…These grounds are mainly on liability and quantum of damages.…

…However, during the course of the hearing it occurred to me that the claim to recover, treble the value of the goods sold was a liability imposed purely by statute and that on the authority of Barraclough v Brown & others…

…I am strengthened in this view by the clear distinction between the liability imposed by section 7 and the right to recover bestowed by section 8 and 10 of the said Act.…

…These findings by the Judge on liability form the basis of the cross-appeal, wherein we are asked to reverse them. We do not think we can do so.…

…We are satisfied that there was sufficient evidence to support the Judge’s conclusions on the issue of liability and in any case, the respondent’s claims as stated by Stephen were not part of their pleadings.…

…Paragraph 7 states:- "Despite written demand having been made andnotice of intention to sue having been given,the Defendant has failed to admit liability orto pay damages to the Plaintiff."…

…The Plaintiff never mentioned such notice nor did he produce such documents by way of letters or notices written to the Defendant that they were requested to admit liability or be sued.…

…attachment of a defendant’s property before judgement because as the court of Appeal stated in Kana Kanyoro v Francis Nderu and Others CA 142/87 “It is hardly consistent wi th justice to exact “punished” before the defendant’s liability…

…to execution is established but also because in view of the hardy and time consuming process of the courts, the rights and liabilities of the parties may not be determined for a long time, pos sibly years.”…