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…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.…

…Now when this application was heard on August 2, 1979, the respondent and his advocate were present and so was the appellant but again his advocate was not there.…

…the appellant and his advocate were not there.…

…The deceased, who at the time of his death, on 5th July 1995, was an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, was a member of LSK, and on account of such membership and pursuant to the Advocates (Accounts) Rules, made under the…

…The Council of the L.SK had and always has, the right to interfere with the management of any law firm including that of a deceased advocate to ensure that it is run in accordance with the Advocates Act.…

…The deceased, who at the time of his death, on 5th July 1995, was an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, was a member of LSK, and on account of such membership and pursuant to the Advocates (Accounts) Rules, made under the…

…The Council of the L.SK had and always has, the right to interfere with the management of any law firm including that of a deceased advocate to ensure that it is run in accordance with the Advocates Act.…

…A copy of this letter was sent to the advocate of the Respondent.…

…by the Registrar and that the signed notice of appeal was only ready on 22nd February, 1996, and served on the Respondent's advocates on 28th February, 1996.…

…The appellant's insurers acting through their advocates, setlled the claim of the respondent who was the injured party. The respondent was represented by the firm of M/S. Mutula Kilonzo & Company Advocates.…

…The Advocates Act (Cap. 16 Laws of Kenya) provides very clear safeguards for clients whose moneys may be misappropriated by advocates. The advocates have to comply with The Advocates(Accounts) Rules.…

…; and that as the applicant had fully entrusted the prosecution of the appeal in the ......... professional hands of his advocates, his mistake should not be visited upon the applicant.…

…However the advocate told him that he would write to him as the advocate was in a hurry to attend another matter in another court. The advocate never wrote to him and in December, 1989 he went to the advocates office.…

…; and that as the applicant had fully entrusted the prosecution of the appeal in the ......... professional hands of his advocates, his mistake should not be visited upon the applicant.…

…However the advocate told him that he would write to him as the advocate was in a hurry to attend another matter in another court. The advocate never wrote to him and in December, 1989 he went to the advocates office.…

…The defendants will have none of that and so through their advocate Mr Kwach have appealed to this court on the following grounds: (1) That the learned judge erred in law in granting the respondent an indefinite ex parte…

…The respondent appointed M/s Ndungu Njoroge & Kwach as its advocates who duly lodged in the superior court a notice of appointment of advocates and served a copy thereof on the appellants' advocates.…

…The notice of appointment of advocates quite clearly points out that the advocates were appointed to act for the respondent in the suit itself.…

…The deceased, who at the time of his death, on 5th July 1995, was an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, was a member of LSK, and on account of such membership and pursuant to the Advocates (Accounts) Rules, made under the…

…The Council of the L.SK had and always has, the right to interfere with the management of any law firm including that of a deceased advocate to ensure that it is run in accordance with the Advocates Act.…

…He then instructed his said advocate to either apply to set aside the judgement or appeal against it but the advocate did neither and offered no explanation for his inaction.…

…He could not find his advocate; so he went looking for him.…

…The application is based on the ground that there was a mistake on the part of the advocate in having miscalculated the date from which the time commenced to run for the purpose of computing the time within which the appeal…

…The Certificate of Delay included in the original appeal which was struck out and the one attached to the present application states in paragraph 6 as follows: "By letter dated 20th May 1998 the Advocates were notified that…

…Mr Shields, the chief state counsel, for the Attorney General, opposed the award of costs to Mr Theuri because he was not an advocate.…

…only a sum for the work he did in preparing this matter for the application to the single judge of appeal and for the work he did for the reference to this court but also another sum for the notional costs of briefing an advocate…

…The names of the different advocates were put down as representing the wrong party. Directions were due to be given in the suit on August 24, 1979.…

…His first advocate Mr Macharia, the only member of Macharia and company, the advocates, became a magistrate soon after the consent order was made so he did not draw and file Nduhiu’s reply to the counter-claim and defence…

…The only issue that was settled for decision by the advocates was who the real owner of plot number 133B Ongata Rongai was.…

…The matter in issue would then seem to be, as advocate for the appellants set out as the rst in the draft issues prepared by him: “Who is the owner of Plot No 133B Ongata Rongai?”…

…It is an application by Kaplan & Stratton, Advocates, for extension of time for lodging a Notice of Appeal and Memorandum and Record of Appeal.…

…(b) “Ramesh Manek, Esq Advocate for the second defendant (ie Trade Bank Ltd) his costs occasioned by and thrown away by the appearance and defence filed by Kaplan and Stratton, Advocates on behalf of the second defendant…

…Very briey what happened in that petition was that the advocates signed the petition as advocates for the petitioner.…

…name of the advocate who he thereby authorizes to act as his advocate.…