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…Plaintiff’s counsel applies for adjournment and states that if the adjournment is refused he will not be able to proceed with the case in the absence of the plaintiff.…

…Defendants counsel opposes the application for adjournment and says that his client came from Embu and had to sleep in Nairobi overnight.…

…Khaminwa applied to the Court for adjournment to enable him to obtain these exhibits from his clients and then file the supplementary record. Although Mr.…

…Khaminwa to refer to them, we feel that for the purpose of putting the record straight the adjournment should be granted but Dr.…

…He successfully applied for the adjournment of the case. The case was stood over to the following day.…

…More or less the same reasons were relied upon for seeking an adjournment on 9th May, 1989.…

…Rachi appliedfor adjournment as it was 4.20 p.m as he was going to take long to reply toMr. Gatonyes oral application. The application was stood over to the 6. 10.98 but on that day. Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was granted and so Mr. Rachi did not reply to Mr. Gatonye's oral application. Eventually Mr.…

…Rachi appliedfor adjournment as it was 4.20 p.m as he was going to take long to reply toMr. Gatonyes oral application. The application was stood over to the 6. 10.98 but on that day. Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was granted and so Mr. Rachi did not reply to Mr. Gatonye's oral application. Eventually Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was prompted by my pointing out to Mr.…

…Kiage for the respondent opposed the application for adjournment and sought striking out of the present application on the ground that the same is premature and hence incompetent. Mr.…

…Manek for the Defendant sought adjournment to enable Mr. Manek to apply to withdraw from acting for the Defendant.…

…The Plaintiff’s Advocate opposed the application for adjournment and the Court agreed with her that because the Defendant’s Advocate had had ample opportunity to withdraw, he had not done so and was not entitled to an adjournment…

…I ask for an adjournment.” Whereupon Mr. Ougo who appeared for the appellant herein in that court as he does in this Court is recorded to have said: “I am ready to proceed. I have one witness. Hearing to go on.”…

…The ruling of the superior court, Kuloba, J., in this regard read as follows: “As there is no reason for the absence of the Plaintiff or its representative or witness, an adjournment cannot be granted without a good reason…

…On that day the late Mr Githieya appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Jiwaji for the defendant, when Mr Jiwaji applied for an adjournment on the ground that he had been served with replying affidavit only a day before.…

…The adjournment was granted and the matter stood over generally. After being thus stood over generally nobody seems to have taken any other action thereon.…

…Rachi appliedfor adjournment as it was 4.20 p.m as he was going to take long to reply toMr. Gatonyes oral application. The application was stood over to the 6. 10.98 but on that day. Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was granted and so Mr. Rachi did not reply to Mr. Gatonye's oral application. Eventually Mr.…

…Mutunga and applied for an adjournment. This was refused on grounds recorded, and the appeal was dismissed.…

…So the ruling of Osiemo Judge on 17.7.95 was to review the order of 19.5.94 where the adjournment application was rejected and the appeal was dismissed.…

…in my view, this is justified for even if the application were made on August 19 in Nairobi and the auction was to be held on August 20 in Kisumu at 10 am, under order XXI rule 63: “(1) The court may, in its discretion, adjourn…

…any sale hereunder to a specified day and hour, and the officer conducting any such sale may in his discretion adjourn the sale, recording his reasons for such adjournment; Provided that where the sale is made in, or within…

…When the suit came for hearing on 16.6.99, defendants counselapplied for adjournment on the ground that defendant was absent as he isbereaved.…

…Plaintiffs counsel opposed the application for adjournment andthe court agreed with her and dismissed the application for adjournment.…

…The case has been adjourned severally due to his default. It is a very old case.…

…The record shows that since that time there were about six adjournments or mentions until the trial actually got under way on October 19, 1983.…

…Instead, he sent Mr Momanyi, a junior Advocate, to say he was indisposed and to apply for an adjournment, which in the event was refused.…

…Mr Momanyi was granted a short adjournment to study the record and argue the appeal, but when the Court reconvened he confessed he was unable to be of any further assistance to the Court.…

…She adjourned the application to 26th April 1994 for hearing inter partes.…

…After hearing the matter argued, the judge refused to grant an adjournment and ordered that the suit proceeds. I do not think that there was any vagueness whatever about, the consequence of the decision of the judge.…

…If the judge felt that there was no cause of action, he should have allowed the application for adjournment and thus enable the defendant to apply for the ex-parte judgment to be set aside.…

…After adjournment the hearing proceeded on 10.5.99 and adjourned to 11.5.99. In all this time the defendant failed to bring his witnesses. From the agreed issues I have found the following facts.…

…Njoroge then made an application for adjournment on two main grounds:- 1.…

…Gikandi argued that any adjournment beyond that would render his clients application nugatory.He said that the application must be heard and a ruling given before 7.01.10 since the CoE must present their report to the 3rdRespondent…