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…But a Notice of Appointment of Advocates is generally filed by advocates to enable them to conduct interlocutory proceedings on behalf of their client(s) prior to service of summons.…

…Such a document gives the relevant locus standi to advocates to appear for their client(s) prior to service of summons. In fact it would be prudent for an advocate to file such a Notice which Mr. Ibrahim did.…

…The address for service for the appellants is care of Mohamed & Muigai Advocates, Hazina Towers, P O Box 61323, Nairobi.…

…It is intended to serve copies of this Notice on: - SATISH GAUTAMA ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL HOUSE P O BOX 47413 NAIROBI DATED at Nairobi this 24th day of March, 1997.…

…On 26th July, 1982, a consent judgment, drawn and signed by M/S Karugu Wandai & co Advocates for the first defendant and Mr P.S. Punja, Advocates for all the defendants was filed in court and recorded.…

…that written submissions be filed beginning with that of the advocates for the plaintiffs.…

…It gives me opportunity to issue a warning to Advocates and litigants.…

…The application was heard, stay was granted and Advocate Khaminwa given 28 days to file the appeal. This was because the Court of Appeal appreciated the urgency of the matter.…

…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?”…

…As to the payment of the preliminary deposit, the respondents paid to the common advocate Kshs 70,000/- being 10% of the purchase price and the common advocate paid to the appellant a sum of Kshs 10,000/- at the request of…

…There was no evidence from the common advocate to show that the Sale Agreement was complied with up to the completion date.…

…The hearing proceeded ex parte because neither the defendants nor their advocates appeared. Nor was there any explanation as to their nonattendance.…

…In an affidavit in support of the application, Joseph Njoroge Mbugua, advocate of the firm of Githuka Mbugua & Co Advocates who are on record for the defendants, gave the reason for their non-attendance as being the absence…

…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…

…Kiania Njau, advocate for the applicant. He adduced further reasons in support of the application during the hearing. Mr.…

…The respondent’s advocates are Daly and Figgs, advocates. They instructed them to represent their insured Peter Nyuttu in that action, which they did as shown by annexure A.…

…Advocates who had been actually participating in this file. Both parties wished to have this file transferred to Meru as most of the witnesses reside there.…

…The advocate for the defendant did not appear for hearing on 19.3.96, when he had been duly served. He did mention to the advocate for the plaintiff that he was no longer on record. This is not enough.…

…A defence was filed by the defendant/respondent through his firm of advocates Mbugua and Mbugua in which liability was actually denied saying that the accident occurred through inevitable circumstances or as an act of God…

…As a result of this document the plaintiff/applicant through his counsel Njuguna & Co, Advocates filed an application on 21st April 1992 to pray for entry of judgment against the defendant/respondent in the sum of Kshs 67,900…

…It was the mistake of the advocates clerk who was given the documents to file but failed to do so.…

…The mistake of an advocate’s clerk is that of the advocate concerned and I note that counsel has not disowned the clerk save that he has left the firm and his whereabouts are unknown.…

…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…

…She also produced a receipt for Ksh 7,000/- for the letters of administration being the advocates fees. This item was objected to by the advocate for the defendant.…

…The advocate for the defendant stated that an award for pain suffering and loss of Amenities be given at Ksh. 25,000/- only. He recorded therefore that a multiplier of 8 be given.…

…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.…

…for James Macharia Gichuki (the appellant expressed to be brought under Rules 42, 80 and 82(a) of the Court of appeal Rules asking this court to strike out the notice of appeal filed by the advocates for Harry Lewis Nangurai…

…The respondent’s advocate filed his notice of appeal on March 18 1982 which is three days after Muli, J delivered his judgment so there was no dilly-dallying there.…

…Unfortunately the initial letter the registrar dated July 22, 1980 was not copied to the respondent to the intended appeal or their advocate as Rule 81 (2) requires. Held: 1.…

…Unfortunately the initial letter to the registrar applying for the certified copies was not copied to the respondent to the intended appeal (that is Esso) or their advocates as rule 81(2) requires.…

…Unfortunately the initial letter the registrar dated July 22, 1980 was not copied to the respondent to the intended appeal or their advocate as Rule 81 (2) requires. Held: 1.…

…Unfortunately the initial letter to the registrar applying for the certified copies was not copied to the respondent to the intended appeal (that is Esso) or their advocates as rule 81(2) requires.…

…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…