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…Both the applications which had been served upon the Appellant’s advocate were fixed for hearing on 30th march 2006 before the Principal Magistrate who had jurisdiction in the matter.…

…Consequently it is my view that the advocate, whoever he was, fully addressed his mind to the issue of limitation but nonetheless consented to the plaintiff coming on record out of time.…

…Advocates.…

…In his defence, the 1st defendant stated through Messrs Wanjiru Wambugu, advocate that he was a stranger to the allegation of the plaintiff.…

…He has now informed this court that the has given his advocate Shs 30,000 to be paid to the respondents.…

…When the trial commenced the respondent’s advocate sought formal leave to amend the defence to incorporate a plea of contributory negligence on the part of the deceased.…

…The lessee shall supply to the lessors a true copy of the instrument of such transfer, assignment or subletting and pay the fees of the lessors’ advocates for perusing such instrument and witnessing the lessors’ consent thereon…

…Accordingly the first four respondents wrote through their advocates, Messrs Atkinson, Clearly and Satchu, seeking the appellant’s consent to the proposed assignment to the Pereiras’ by a letter dated October 7, 1985.…

…No comment was made on this omission either by the appellant’s advocate or by the learned judge whose attention, it is clear from the record, was not drawn to this omission.…

…inter alia that as applicant was going on transfer to Nairobi, applicant should sign a document in respect of amount he owed in respect of purchase of motor vehicle KTM 104; that applicant was led to office of Kasamani advocate…

…It would probably be enough debt to crush or to silence anyone else in the applicant’s position, but he has a passionate desire to qualify as an advocate and to be admitted to the Roll under section 13 of the Advocates Act…

…Gachomba, the defendant's advocate on the other handsubmitted that damages for loss of expectation of life are aconventional sum of K.shs 70,000/- and no special facts had beenproved in this case to warrant more.…

…Gachomba, the defendant's advocate on the other handsubmitted that damages for loss of expectation of life are aconventional sum of K.shs 70,000/- and no special facts had beenproved in this case to warrant more.…

…He has now informed this court that the has given his advocate Shs 30,000 to be paid to the respondents.…

…Mr Ger appears as advocate for the plaintiff; the first defendant is represented by Mr Ombogo. The second defendant has not appeared or been represented, and has taken no part in the proceedings.…

…Before leaving this case, I must express my gratitude to Mr Ger and Mr Ombego, advocates for the plaintiff and the defendant, respectively, for the painstaking research they have made into the law and custom of the Luo people…

…inter alia that as applicant was going on transfer to Nairobi, applicant should sign a document in respect of amount he owed in respect of purchase of motor vehicle KTM 104; that applicant was led to office of Kasamani advocate…

…In a careful address, considering that Javan Bulemi is a layman, certainly not an advocate of the High Court, Javan Bulemi argued that the respondent sold the particular parcel of land to John Onyango through, him, Javan…

…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.…

…The question for decision in this appeal is whether the expenditure incurred by the taxpayer appellant in payment of legal costs to the advocates for its bankers in connection with preparation of security documents to provide…

…The Advocates, Messrs. Shapley Barrett & Company prepared the necessary legal documents providing security and tendered their fee note. The total demanded was Shs 52,987.50.…

…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…

…The appellant made no application for stay of proceedings but when the case came up for hearing on 12th August 1992, more than four years later, the appellant's Advocate raised the arbitration issue in the form of a preliminary…

…The application was supported by an affidavit sworn by the Appellant’s Advocate who deponed inter alia that the plaintiff’s action was statute barred and further stated that the plaintiff failed and / or is unable to show…