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….……….PLAINTIFF -VERSUSLEONARD NJOGU NJAU T/A KINYANJUI & NJAU ADVOCATES…………………………………….DEFENDANTS JUDGEMENT The Plaintiff has filed an Originating Summons asking for the balance of money from the Defendants being a sum of…

…There is also evidence that the advocates following these instructions did pay to the Plaintiff a total sum of Shs.900,000 which was passed to the vendor leaving a balance of Shs.300,000/-.…

….……….PLAINTIFF -VERSUSLEONARD NJOGU NJAU T/A KINYANJUI & NJAU ADVOCATES…………………………………….DEFENDANTS JUDGEMENT The Plaintiff has filed an Originating Summons asking for the balance of money from the Defendants being a sum of…

…There is also evidence that the advocates following these instructions did pay to the Plaintiff a total sum of Shs.900,000 which was passed to the vendor leaving a balance of Shs.300,000/-.…

…The advocate relied on the case law which demonstrated that the mistake of advocate may be excusable but in instances this indulgence of advocate may not be excusable.…

…The delay further in bringing this matter to court laid with the advocate.…

…Remuneration Order made under the Advocates Act (Chapter 16 of the Laws of Kenya) which regulate the practice of Advocates.…

…Advocate of the purchaser or party to whom property is conveyed, transferred or assigned; b. mortgage or charge …… advocate of mortgagee or charge c. release or discharge …… advocate in whose favour release or discharge is…

…Remuneration Order made under the Advocates Act (Chapter 16 of the Laws of Kenya) which regulate the practice of Advocates.…

…Advocate of the purchaser or party to whom property is conveyed, transferred or assigned; b. mortgage or charge …… advocate of mortgagee or charge c. release or discharge …… advocate in whose favour release or discharge is…

…A recognised agent is stated but not an advocate whose definition appears in the Advocates Act (Cap. 16).…

…"advocate" means any person whose name is duly entered upon the Roll of Advocates or upon the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel and .......... includes any person mentioned in S. 10."…

…The delay if any in opening the account can not be attributed to the firm of Nyachae & Company Advocates’ but to F.N. Wamalwa & Company Advocates who are now trying to put the blame on Nyachae & Company Advocates.…

…Wamalwa & Co Advocates for payment of Kshs 1,373,832.40 with interest thereon at 32% per annum from 20.12.96 until receipt of the said sum from M/s Wambugu & Co Advocates and henceforth interest thereon at 27% such interest…

…The delay if any in opening the account can not be attributed to the firm of Nyachae & Company Advocates’ but to F.N. Wamalwa & Company Advocates who are now trying to put the blame on Nyachae & Company Advocates.…

…Wamalwa & Co Advocates for payment of Kshs 1,373,832.40 with interest thereon at 32% per annum from 20.12.96 until receipt of the said sum from M/s Wambugu & Co Advocates and henceforth interest thereon at 27% such interest…

…Hamilton Harrison & Mathews advocates and Meenye and company advocates asked the Deputy Registrar to record an order in the following terms: 1.…

…Leaky and Meenye and Company Advocates. It is now the plaintiff’s case that M/s. Meenye and Company advocates had no authority to enter into any consent on behalf of the plaintiff.…

…A recognised agent is stated but not an advocate whose definition appears in the Advocates Act (Cap. 16).…

…"advocate" means any person whose name is duly entered upon the Roll of Advocates or upon the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel and .......... includes any person mentioned in S. 10."…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Karinga v Republic High Court, at Nairobi August 20, 1985 Schofield J Criminal Appeal No 1696 of 1984 (Appeal from the resident magistrate’s court at Kibera, P N Mugo Esq) Advocates Appellant absent, unrepresented…

…That charge, he alleges, arose in the performance of his duties as an advocate and according to him, before the prosecution could be started by the Attorney-General section 80 of the Advocates Act should have been complied…

…The applicant’s contention appears to be that as he is an advocate, he can only be prosecuted for theft of a client’s property in accordance with the procedure set out under the Advocate’s Act and that since section 283 of…

…On November 12, 1982, the matter came before (O’kubasu J) where a consent was recorded referring the dispute to two advocates Mr Mahan and Mr Mukunyu who were to appoint umpire.…

…It does not appear the matter had been mentioned on March 13, 1984 but when the matter came up the advocate for appellants asked for an adjournment to April 17, 1984.…

…The defendant’s advocate was allowed to withdraw from acting for his client on account of lack of adequate or appropriate instructions.…

…The defendant’s advocate had failed to alert his client of the consequences of delay in giving him instructions for filing a defence.…

…There is no evidence or any indication that the appellant’s advocate raised any objection to the judgment being entered in terms of the award.…

…In any case, the defendant’s advocate who was present and could have objected to the judgment being entered.…

…Dr Shabbir Ahmed is of course, himself physically, beyond the reach, or jurisdiction, of this court, but he has submitted to it through his advocates whose address is his address for service.…

…Since the defence was immediately taken over by the advocate the necessity thenceforth for a recognised agent disappeared.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Lemba v Republic High Court, at Nairobi September 30, 1985 Mbaya J Criminal Appeal No 267 of 1985 (Appeal frrm the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Thika) Advocates Appellant absent, unrepresented and not…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Said v Republic High Court at Machakos April 1985 O’Kubasu J Criminal Appeal No 955 of 1984 (Appeal from the Resident Magistrate’s court at Kitui, K D Kibanga Esq) Advocates Appellant absent unrepresented…

…Republic of Kenya High Court, at Nairobi (Appellate Side) Criminal Appeal No 997 of 1984 Chege v Republic (Appeal from the District Magistrate’s Court at Kandara, L T Macua Esq, Criminal Case No 825 of 1983) Advocates Appellant…