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…However, the dismissal was referred to the full court (Madan, Miller and Potter, JJA) which reference was also dismissed on December 3, 1981.…

…The strictures of this Court in its judgment on the reference from a single judge in the intended appeal by the applicant from a decision refusing to set aside the sale were therefore inappropriate.…

…No reference to section 38 of the Act was made in the said summons. However, the appellant’s claim to the suit land was clearly pursuant to the provisions of this section.…

…The appellant’s entire affidavit makes no reference to a certified extract of title to land parcel No E Wanga/Isongo/ 1512 out of which the suit land is claimed. None appears to have been annexed thereto.…

…Besides, in my judgment an agreement that is held to be void for all purposes could not be the basis for a reference to a panel of elders.…

…In these circumstances I have no doubt that the reference by the learned judge to the necessity of corroboration of the evidence of the boys, and of each of them, was a misdirection.…

…Mr Osoro’s reference to instanced material which he said could have amounted to corroboration had the learned judge thought about it.…

…Reference to a “month” in a statute is to be understood as a calendar month. The Interpretation and General Provisions Act Cap. 2, says so. 6. See also Dodds v Walker [1981] 1 WLR 1029. 7.…

…What is the position, then, if there is an overseas principal, an agent resident in Kenya, and the former executes a power of attorney in the English language, but under English law with no specic reference to Kenya or to…

…For its full eect, the agreement was made with reference to the Act. The parties thereto knew that it was subject to the relevant provisions of the Act. They were enjoined in ensuring compliance thereof.…

…Viewed thus, the petition fell short of the very substantive test to which the High Court made reference to.…