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…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Njoroge v Prestige Air Services Ltd High Court, at Mombasa August 15, 1991 Wambilyangah J Civil Case No 204 of 1990 Civil Practice and Procedure – setting aside - default judgment – judgment in default of…

…defence – discretion to set aside such judgment – principles on which this discretion is exercised – where delay in filing defence was out of the defendant’s advocate’s mistake – whether justice required that default judgment…

…judgment.…

…That judgment to-date has not been set aside by the lower court as his application to set aside the said judgment was subsequently dismissed since his counsel did not turn up in time to prosecute it and when he did turn up…

…The application for summary judgment should not be allowed as there are triable issues in the matter to be heard at the Business Premises Rent (sic) Tribunal. 2.…

…I said early that the proceedings in the Tribunal were filed exactly one year after the suit had been filed and only after the application for summary judgment.…

…He applied on some unspecified date for a certified copy of the first appeal proceedings and judgment and did not obtain them until November 30, 1983.…

…So Wamunyama applied to the Bungoma District Magistrate to set aside the ex parte judgment and was successful. He entered appearance and filed his defence.…

….……… RESPONDENT (Appeal from a Judgment and order of the High Court of Kenya at Nyeri (O’Kubasu, J) dated September 23rd, 1982 In Civil Suit 294 of 1979) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT KNELLER, J A Shelmith Gathigia Henry (Gathigia…

…When the parties appeared before the learned judge, Mr Waweru was for Ruchathi and he asked for judgment to be entered in terms of the award and for costs of the action and that is what was done.…

…He therefore prayed for judgment and the costs of the suit.…

…That the learned District Magistrate erred in law and in fact in making his judgment which is not supported by law. 5.…

…entry of judgment against their clients within 7 days.…

…They also indicated their intention of filing in court an application for summary judgment.…

…From the diametrical rival positions of the litigants the hearing of the case by the Court and the Court’s judgment was the only possible solution.…

…On the same day a judgment was entered by the Court on the terms of that letter.…

…The applicant's main ground for seeking review of the judgment and thereafter vacating judgment in issue were laid out in his affidavit in support of the application and they are mainly as follows: He had been let down by…

…I would not review or vacate the judgment on this ground either.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI (NAIROBI LAW COURTS) Winding Up Cause 1 of 1986 In the Matter of Renguti Gikambura Hotel Company Ltd and In the Matter of Companies Act (CAP.486 Laws of Kenya JUDGMENT…

…Interest on amounts to be ascertained by court are normally awarded from the date of judgment. In this case interest is awarded from the date of judgment.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Dola v Attorney General High Court, at Mombasa August 27, 1992 Omolo J Civil Case No. 327 of 1989 August 27, 1992, Omolo J delivered the following Judgment.…

…By the time I started on this judgment (6th August, 1992) I had not seen any submissions from counsel for the Defendant. I take it that she has none to make.…

…The applicant has explained that the delay in filing the appeal was due to the delay in obtaining the proceedings and judgment from the Lower Court even though the same were applied for in time.…

…It is evident that the judgment subject of the intended appeal was delivered on 20th November 2002 and that the applicant applied for copies of the proceedings and judgment on 21st November 2002 but did not receive them until…

…I would wish the registries to note that the court process servers fully comply with requirements of order V rules 12 and 14 before a judgment in default is entered.…

…Judgment entered against the second defendant on 28th March, 1984 is set aside. All execution proceedings against the second are also set aside.…

…Abdullah & another v Chari & another (Civil Case E007 of 2021) [2024] KEHC 16144 (KLR) (20 December 2024) (Judgment) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 16144 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NYERI CIVIL CASE E007 OF…

…The plaintis herein Hawo Shanko Abdullah And Zamzam Gobe Garo instituted this suit by way of a plaint dated 2nd August 2021 seeking judgment against the Defendants for general and special damages under the Law Reform Act…

…The test to be applied is whether there is real consent as defined at pg6 of this judgment.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KERICHO HC DIVORCE NO. 11 OF 2006 A.C.K................................................PETITIONER VERSUS B.K................................................RESPONDENT JUDGMENT…

…...................................................DEFENDANT R U L I N G This is an application by way of chamber summons under section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act for an order that the rate of interest awarded in the judgment…

…There is on record an application dated 18th and filed on 26th July, 1996 by the plaintiff where a review of the judgment was sought so that the interest should be at the same rate as that charged by Kenya Industrial Estates…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Jefa v Kenya Ports Authority High Court, at Mombasa June 9, 1992 Omolo J Civil Case No. 721 of 1988 June 9, 1992,Omolo J delivered the following Judgment.…

…The learned Chief Magistrate patiently listened to these wrangles in his Court and on 11th August, 1994 handed down his judgment from which this appeal now lies.…

…It is submitted the learned Chief Magistrate lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit as his pecuniary limit was only Shs 125,000/= at the time he heard the matter and delivered judgment.…

…Republic of Kenya High Court, at Nairobi Civil Suit No 1745 of 1984 Okallo v Attorney General November 28, 1985, Owuor J delivered the following Judgment.…

…On May 14, 1985 an interlocutory judgment was entered against both the defendants with a sum of Kshs 450 together with interest for special damages.…