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…This is a suit of vicarious liability and in Launchburry v Morgans [1971] 2 QB 245 at p 253 Lord Denning MR said, the phrase vicarious liability means: “that one person takes the place of another so far as liability is concerned…

…In Broom v Morgan [1953] 1 QB 597, it was suggested that: “the master’s liability for the negligence of his servant is not a vicarious liability but a liability of the master himself owing to his failure to have seen that…

…The documents filed on behalf of the petitioner in response to the application have not shown any admission of liability on behalf of the company. Invoices alone do not prove any indebtedness.…

…As the goods were supplied in 1996 to 1997, the company does not show liability has ever been disputed. In the application and affidavit, they do not show they are prepared to return the goods.…

…On receipt of same, the company through its advocates denied liability and asked for particulars as to how the debt was incurred.…

…The company opposes the petition and liability on the grounds that it never requested for such services. At the hearing, Mr Ngunjiri advanced a number of arguments against the continuation of the petition.…

…This petition was filed by Trio Holdings Ltd (hereinafter called the Creditor ) on 19th October, 1988 seeking that Magnum International Ltd a limited liability company registered in Kenya under the Companies Act (Cap 486)…

…In the circumstances of this appeal various transactions have occurred in relation to the stolen negotiable instrument and issues of liability for the complainant’s loss may require to be sorted out between various parties…

…It is submitted that this petition comes under section 221(1) (iii) as the petitioner was a contingent creditor due to the only and it is only the court that may assess the amount of prospective liability as to its quantum…

…Entries in a book of account regularly kept in the course of business are admissible for matters which the court has to inquire but such statements alone are not sufficient evidence to charge a person with liability. 6.…

…of account regularly kept in the course of business are admissible wherever they refer to a matter into which the Court has to inquire, but such statements shall not alone be sufficient evidence to charge any person with liability…

…section 26A of the Penal Code, ordered deported under section 43 of this Act, persons whose citizenship has not been established, deportees in transit, and persons denied entry awaiting return and who are not under carrier liability…

…The appellants, the Manchester Outtters Suiting Ltd and Galot Industries, are limited liability companies incorporated and registered in Kenya and carrying on the business of manufacturing clothes and property developers…

…Whether they had borrowed from the local banks and if so whether the loans so raised had been liquidated, whether there were pending suits, whether there were pending suits against the appellant companies, the assets and liabilities…