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…Mr S B M Kariuki, the appellant herein, has in the recent past been the advocate on record for the Hon K S N Matiba.…

…It is obvious to me that to counternance Mr Kariuki’s type of claim would open judges to endless harassment by all manner of malcontents, whether advocates or parties, who might feel that they have unfairly lost their battles…

…Chan Wai Tong v Li Ping Sum [1985] 2 WLR 396 Advocates Satish Gautama and K M Pandya for the appellant I T Inamdar for the respondent September 10, 1985, Kneller JA delivered the following Judgment.…

…much physical distress after the operations and the appellant’s advocate harped on the throbbing pain which the appellant has to endure about thrice a week.…

…The respondent alleged that he had paid a total of Kshs 220,000 of the agreed price of Kshs 650,000, the appellants, of which they acknowledged receipt, and a further Kshs 30,000 to their advocate, Mr K M Patel, of Nakuru…

…The respondent therefore sought orders of specific performance against the appellants, or alternatively the return of the total of Kshs 250,000 paid to the appellants and their advocate, plus what were described as mesne…

…Civil Procedure Act (cap 21) sections 3A, 75(1) Advocates Mr Juma for the Applicant Mr C B Gor for the Respondent August 29, 1991, the following Judgement of the Court was delivered.…

…The application for leave to appeal against Shields J’s decision was opposed by Mr C B Gor, the advocate for the respondent and original plaintiff.…

…On 17th January 1985 he signed the agreement in the presence of Mr Gibson Kuria, advocate, who acted for both the parties. The second respondent was not present at the time and he had not signed the said agreement.…

…When this was realized at the hearing of the case and was made a ground of a submission by the appellant’s advocate, the first respondent, in consequence, and to meet the said objection, applied for leave to add the second…

…He went to an advocate, Mr Kassim, who filed a plaint on his behalf in the High Court in Mombasa on September 7, 1982 claiming damages, special and general, from the appellant for his “severe injuries and suffering and loss…

…This was taken as a preliminary objection by the appellant’s advocate, Mr Aboo, on September 22, 1983 before the High Court in Mombasa (Mr Justice Bhandari) to which Mr Kassim duly replied.…

…submitted that a breach of rule 23 was not irredeemable, that it was not his wish to have the appeal decided on technicalities and that in any event the court would be reluctant to penalize a party for the mistake of his advocate…

…Until January 1983, every petition had to be advertised at least seven days before the hearing otherwise the appointment for hearing would be cancelled unless the petitioner or his advocate appeared before the registrar to…