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…An employer will be held to be vicariously liable if its employee was acting within the course and scope of employment at the time the delict was committed.” [Own emphasis] 36.…

…Where there is no salary proved or employment, the court should be wary into subscribing to a gure so as to come up with a probable sum to be used as a multiplicand.…

…The plaintiff in the present case is still retained in his employment but the fact that the peri-arthritis in the right shoulder is a permanent feature has to be taken into account.…

…DEFENDANTS JUDGMENT By this action the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendants damages for the personal injuries which he suffered when the upper wall of the pit in which he was working in the course of his employment…

…The plaintiff’s residual disability when combined with the fact that he is illiterate render him totally unfit for any gainful employment.…

…Our clerk left our employment in between. I believe.”…

…In the other case, it was stated that “our” clerk left the advocate’s employment.…

…Our clerk left our employment in between. I believe.”…

…In the other case, it was stated that “our” clerk left the advocate’s employment.…

…On the 10th October, 1987, he was injured in the course of his employment with the Defendant.…

…We do not know if the learned Judge rejected this claim on the ground that the appellant, being a refugee in Kenya, was, by law, not allowed to engage in employment or on the ground that there was no sufficient evidence to…

…But the learned Judge did not specifically say she disbelieved his oral evidence with regard to his previous employment.…

…The witness wanted to know the whereabouts of her daughter, and was protesting against the plaintiff’s meddling in her daughter’s employment and spoiling her work.…

…There is evidence that after the deceased left the plaintiff, the plaintiff behaved towards her in a vindicative spirit and, in particular, tried to have her dismissed from her employment.…

…It was the unanimous opinion of the 3 surgeons that the severe injuries which he sustained have almost utterly destroyed his opportunities in the employment market and have permanently consigned him as a dependant of another…

…They claimed that the defendant had failed to effect increments of their salaries, house allowances according to their agreements of employment.…

…I, therefore, turn to Mr Inamdar’s second authority, which was the only one relating to personal injury, though not one in the course of employment namely Plotti v The Acacia Co [1959] EA 218, in which Law JA as he later…

…Paragraph 4 of the plaint which was admitted in the defence filed on behalf of the defendant is in the following terms: (4) It was a term of the said contract of employment between the defendant(s) and the plaintiff and or…

…In Re Pickles v National Coal Board (Intended Action) [1968] 1 WLR 997, the proposed plaintiff had been employed as a miner by the proposed defendants from 1947 to 1960, when he changed his employment to that of a lathe operator…

…In February, 1966 he became ill and in July, 1966 he was informed by his doctor that he was suffering from silicosis contracted during his employment as a miner.…

…The third defendant by reason of his being their employer and the assault having been committed by the first two defendants in the course of their employment is also liable.…

…The facts giving rise to this appeal are that the Appellant, in the course of his employment by the Respondent Port Authority was driving a tractor for the purpose of moving scrap metal, which was being stacked on the tractor…

…He further alleges that at the time of the accident the two vehicles were being driven by their respective drivers as the servants or agents of their respective owners in the course of their employment and/or within the scope…

…called “the deceased”) in an accident which occurred on 20th August, 1994, at Kibarani involving a motor vehicle registration number KWP 155 owned by the defendant but at the material time being driven by a driver in the employment…

…Generally speaking once an employee has been dismissed that terminates his employment.…

…The judge called for further information on the scrap blue of the vehicle and the respondent plaintiff’s loss of employment prospects which was conscientious and proper for him.…

…Anyway, the evidence revealed that the loss of half is salary for six months, apart, Olenja returned to his employment on full salary and it increased annually.…

…He further alleges that at the time of the accident the two vehicles were being driven by their respective drivers as the servants or agents of their respective owners in the course of their employment and/or within the scope…