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…In order for the defendants to avoid payment of the claim on this last ground it must show that its mistake rendered the contract nullity one naturally turns to the decision of the House of Lords in Bell vs Lever Brothers…

…I feel that the best and briefest statement of what that cure decided is Lord Denning (then Denning L J) in Solle vs Butcher [1950] 1 TLR at p 458, which reads: “Let me first consider mistakes which render a contract a nullity…

…This was a serious omission which renders the whole plea nullity and is contrary to the provisions of section 207 of the Criminal Procedure Code (cap 75, Laws of Kenya).…

…That the committal proceedings in Nairobi High Court Criminal Case No 29 of 1991 are a complete nullity in law. 4.…

…He also contends that by reason of the said non-compliance the committal proceedings and the charge in H C Cr Case No 29 of 1991 are a nullity and they are therefore being held unlawfully and in violation of their fundamental…

…The notice given was therefore not valid and a nullity. There was no evidence that the notice given in June 1986 was any more efficacious. The complainant says that he agreed to quit as per the notice of 3.10.86.…

…Khaminwa’s proposal that if a plea of guilty is not voluntary or is obtained by force or threats or torture or even deception, it cannot be said to be unequivocal for it would in those circumstances be a nullity to which…