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…There is today before me, the mention of Appeal No 31 of 1987 for directions as to the hearing of the same. It is necessary for me to recapitulate the courts’ history of the litigation involved.…

…Before the Court of Appeal could list the appeal for hearing, a letter dated the 16th March, 1987 was received from Advocate Mr Khaminwa by the Registry objecting to Judges of Appeal Nyarangi, Platt and Gachuhi to sit in…

…There is inherent power to restore a case for hearing after it has been dismissed under order 16 rule 6. 2.…

…It follows from this quotation that there is an inherent power to restore a case for hearing after it has been dismissed under order 16, r 6.…

…It was ordered that the application be heard inter-partes on August 10 1988, on which date after the hearing inter-partes, the High court ordered that the ex parte order do remain in force and that the hearing interpartes…

…At the commencement of the hearing inter partes, Mr Alibhai for the defendants, raised a preliminary objection to the effect that as the appellant firm was under receivership, its directors could not bring an action against…

…No. 1870/1/92 (the suit land) until the hearing and final determination of an intended appeal.…

…In the circumstances, we allow this application and issue an injunction restraining the plaintiff, his servants and agents from selling, disposing of, transferring or otherwise, dealing with the suit land pending the hearing…

…JUDGE OF APPEAL It is also hereby ordered the three appeals filed in this matter by the respondent be listed for hearing at the same time. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 3rd day of June, 1996. A.M.…

…This suit is pending before the High Court and I will say no more about it except that on the eve of the resumed hearing of that suit, the appellants led the present suit from which this appeal lies.…

…In his opinion, Mr Keith deponed as follows in Paragraph 32: I verily believe that it would cause a great injustice to SCFS and the Receivers if they were forced to change advocates in the middle of the hearing as complex…

…Pending the hearing of the appeals, the appellant made an application for stay of execution and these are the applications which Justice Shields granted on 17th May 1993 condition of a deposit of Kshs.10,000/= per each appeal…

…This is a strong indication that the judge is to decide the application on hearing one side only. No provision is made for the defendant being heard; and I do not think that we should allow it to be done at this stage.…

…under sections 27, 28 and 30 of the Limitation of Actions Act and if this is in affirmative whether the tortfeasor should be served with the Notice of Appeal, the Record of the proceedings, the judgement / ruling and the Hearing…

…I have no doubt the appellant was taken by surprise by the introduction of the unpleaded cause of action at the hearing, but although his advocate protested he did in fact, to some extent, participate in the consideration…

…Had issues been framed at the hearing, the necessity for amendment of the pleadings would immediately have become apparent, and much trouble and expense avoided.…

…At the hearing of this appeal, there were two other interested parties who appeared by advocates and who wished to be heard.…

…This Court on the conclusion of the hearing arrived at the unanimous decision which was delivered under rule 32(5) of the Rules of this Court allowing the appeal with costs and setting aside the orders made by the Election…

…(Inote that during the hearing of this case the defendant wasrepresented by Mr.…

…that “this court has the jurisdiction to entertain this claim in rem” on the basis of assumptions or inferences in favour of the plainti when such assumptions or inferences were not only not canvassed before him on the hearing…