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…The courts jurisdiction has not been properly invoked as order 5 [1] Rule 7 of the Civil Procedure Rules is applicable only where summons expire before they are served upon the defendant. 2.…

…This honorable court lacks jurisdiction to issue the orders as sought. 3. The application is vexatious and a blatant abuse of the due process of the honourable court and ought to be struck out.…

…Mr Chunga argued that prohibition can only issue if the subordinate Court acts in excess or lack of jurisdiction. With respect this is not a correct statement of the law.…

…Lord Selbourne said, p 214: “The power seemed to be inherent in the jurisdiction of every Court of Justice to protect itself from the abuse of its own procedure.”…

…Mr Chunga argued that prohibition can only issue if the subordinate Court acts in excess or lack of jurisdiction. With respect this is not a correct statement of the law.…

…Lord Selbourne said, p 214: “The power seemed to be inherent in the jurisdiction of every Court of Justice to protect itself from the abuse of its own procedure.”…

…That would mean that this court has no jurisdiction in this matter which must go to the Business Premises Rent Tribunal. Nor can possession be obtained except as provided under cap 301.…

…It is therefore necessary to consider this case in terms of my equitable jurisdiction in respect of which the following considerations apply: (1) There is no dispute between the parties, and clear authority has been quoted…

…That first Defendant be served by facsimile and or e-mail or as this Honourable Court may direct as the first Defendant is not within jurisdiction. 9.…

…(Supra) is the locus classicus in the grant of interlocutory injunctions within our jurisdiction.…

…hearing the Petition which is a strange application not least because the court is not being asked directly to recuse itself but rather the honourable the Chief Justice is being called upon to intervene on some undefined jurisdiction…

…I have no jurisdiction to grant prayers 2 and 3 of the application dated 10th November, 2011 and filed on 11/11/2011 and in any event those prayers cannot have been directed to this court.…

…In my discernment of the law, whether the parties marriage is customary or statutory, the preponderance of authority in this jurisdiction leads me to the conclusion that the wife is likely to prevail at the trial in her contention…

…Mr Nowrojee drew my attention to section 56 to 62 of the Trustee Act, chapter 167 which, in effect, give court, the jurisdiction to authorize dealings with trust property but with the important proviso in section 62 which…

…It was contended by the applicant that the Taxing Officer had acted in excess of her jurisdiction.…

…client, but in my view we must treat each of the cases, not as a matter of form, not as a matter to be decided on the mere proof of a former acting for a client but, as a matter of substance, before we allow the special jurisdiction…