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…STRONG REASON The courts of this country have a discretion to assume jurisdiction over an agreement which is made to be performed in Kenya notwithstanding a clause therein conferring jurisdiction.…

…and Kenindia are already within the jurisdiction.…

…By Section 3 (1) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act which confers jurisdiction on this Court: “The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from the courts of Kenya in cases in which an appeal…

…Jurisdiction is not the same thing as procedure. Procedural rules do not bestow jurisdiction”.…

…Otherwise it had jurisdiction to hear and determine the case under section 159 of the Act, as the section was at that time.…

…It says that the senior resident magistrate, Nyeri, had no jurisdiction to determine a boundary dispute.…

…of the Court and since the jurisdiction of this Court is founded on statute, it cannot be properly invoked unless the intending appellant strictly complies with its provisions.…

…Counsel said the objection merely raised a procedural point which this Court, in its inherent jurisdiction, can waive.…

…of the Court and since the jurisdiction of this Court is founded on statute, it cannot be properly invoked unless the intending appellant strictly complies with its provisions.…

…Counsel said the objection merely raised a procedural point which this Court, in its inherent jurisdiction, can waive.…

…It was urged that the magistrate misdirected himself in holding that the elders had no jurisdiction, that the magistrate should have held that all cases of trespass had to be heard by elders, that because the sale agreement…

…The appellants relied on section (1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, cap 10 which provides, “9A(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 5 and 9 or of any other written law conferring jurisdiction, but subject to the…

…Neither in the pleadings nor in the trial was the jurisdiction of the Kenyan courts to entertain the suit contested.…

…And a litigant who submits to the jurisdiction of the Kenyan courts must, ipso facto, submit to the statutory restrictions on the exercise of that jurisdiction.…

…Consequently, the court found it lacked jurisdiction to grant leave and dismissed the application..…

…made - whether the six-month limitation period prescribed under section 9(3) of the Law Reform Act for filing an application for leave to apply for an order of certiorari was mandatory and absolute - whether the court had jurisdiction…

…Nagpal, for the Respondent to this application, has taken preliminary objection which, he says, goes to the jurisdiction of this court.…

…1982, where the issue of damages could not in any event, have been determined on an Originating Summons, and James Njoro Kibutiri v Eliud Njau Kibutiri, Civil Appeal 30 of 1982 where LAW JA said that the High court had no jurisdiction…

…Mr Justice Porter struck out the summons on May 3, 1984 because it had not been filed in any suit and therefore he held he had no jurisdiction.…

…There was want of jurisdiction and I am satisfied that my order was right. I would refuse to review it even if I were satisfied that, this was a proper application for review.…

…This is so because the jurisdiction of this court is limited to the original and appellate jurisdictions of the superior court.…

…To bring in the intended defendant would be to extend that jurisdiction contrary to rule 73 of the Rules of this court.…

…Jurisdiction of our courts is conferred by statutes and the High Court, for instance, does not have the jurisdiction to sit on appeal against decisions of the same court.…

…There is no jurisdiction donated under the Limitation of Actions Act to interfere with leave given under section 28 of the Act.…

…In this application which is expressed to be brought under rule 80 of the rules of this court and section 5(d) of the Court of Appeal Rules (but we think the Appellate Jurisdiction Act was intended) he asks this court to…

…It is important to state at the outset that section 5 (d) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, while donating the power to make rules providing for the summary determination of any appeal which appears to the court to be frivolous…

…up rules is jurisdiction relating to winding up of companies.…

…, it would have the effect of bringing a third person before a winding up court and forcing him to submit to the jurisdiction of the winding up court, whose jurisdiction is ex hypothesi limited to winding up matters.…

…The respondent, a judge, holding administrative office of Chief Justice while executing his judicial duties in Court or in execution of his administrative duties within the jurisdiction, enjoys absolute privilege from being…

…It was then that the appellant, acting upon the instructions of his client, requested the respondent in his capacity as Chief Justice, and exercising the jurisdiction conferred on him as such, to constitute a bench of five…

…Moreover, he is beyond the jurisdiction.…

…Mr Khanna submitted, and we agree, that the High Court’s jurisdiction to granted representation is contained in sections 53 and 54 of the Law of Succession Act (cap 160).…

…deceased by a special order of the court if this is proper but Mr Khanna, for all the appellants, said that these proposals were put forward as manifesting the appellants’ good faith, but that he doubted whether this court had jurisdiction…

…Moreover, he is beyond the jurisdiction.…

…deceased by a special order of the court if this is proper but Mr Khanna, for all the appellants, said that these proposals were put forward as manifesting the appellants’ good faith, but that he doubted whether this court had jurisdiction…

…Moreover, he is beyond the jurisdiction.…

…It was submitted that he had no jurisdiction to let it go forth because he was functus officio quoad the injunction. He could not sit on appeal from his own refusal to grant one.…

…The applicant’s reply was that the trial judge had jurisdiction to preserve the subject matter of the dispute until the appeal was concluded. He knew all along the relevant facts and law.…