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…There was no mischief or probability of mischief or prejudice ever arising from clerke acting for the opponent company.…

…Applying the above tests to the facts in the present case, I must be satised that real mischief or real prejudice are rightly anticipated.…

…the authorities as they now stand Republic v Mongella s/o Ngui (1934) 1 EACE 152, Ngidipe Bui Kapriram & Another v R. (1939) 6 EACA 118 and AttorneyGeneral v Onyango Oludhe & Another, (1954) 21 EACE 238 – the question of prejudice…

…grounds of appeal that the learned Judge erred in law: in failing to find that the conviction of the appellant by the trial court had introduced and took into account matters that were never canvassed in evidence to the prejudice…

…Kebira relied on his written submissions to the effect that the learned Judge failed to find that the trial Court took into account matters that were never canvassed in evidence to the prejudice of the appellant; that the…

…The court cannot however continue to protect a party which has taken no steps to help itself, particularly when its inaction is occasioning prejudice to the other side.…

…There would be no prejudice in substituting an alternate verdict under section 308(2) of the Penal Code on this ground. The appellant however has taken the prosecution witnesses to task.…

…time when the trial first commenced and another magistrate taking over almost midway, is so short so as not to cause or produce any accountable loss of memory on their part, whether actual, presumed or pretended, to the prejudice…

…be heard either personally or by an Advocate before the High Court when exercising its powers of revision.”, but it must not be forgotten that section 364 (2) provides that:- “No order under this section shall be made to prejudice…

…The ex-parte order made by Patel, J staying the orders of the Chief Magistrate was obviously an order prejudicing the rights of the appellant. Mr.…

…Had the Republic proved beyond any reasonable doubt that they had not been obtained from Anupcand or Vijay by fear of prejudice or hope of an advantage excited or held out by a person in authority or oppression?…

…Unless the evidence relating to the challenged statement is heard before the judge alone, there is a serious risk of prejudice to an accused person on two grounds.…

…We are of the view that the omissions in the record of the proceedings did not cause any miscarriage of justice or prejudice to the appellant; but a more careful record is required showing their full participation in the…

…But the appellant had been in no doubt what charge he was facing, and no prejudice had been occasioned. The trial court had “clearly found misappropriation”, which amounted to theft.…

…While it may have been desirable to call Dr Gakinya in the trial within a trial, we do not think in the case of this appellant it would have served any purpose and that omission did not cause any prejudice to the appellant…

…He made it clear that he was assuming that the second appellant’s police statements were properly admitted for the purpose of his argument, though this was, of course, without prejudice to the submissions of Mr.…