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….……….PLAINTIFF -VERSUSLEONARD NJOGU NJAU T/A KINYANJUI & NJAU ADVOCATES…………………………………….DEFENDANTS JUDGEMENT The Plaintiff has filed an Originating Summons asking for the balance of money from the Defendants being a sum of…

…There is also evidence that the advocates following these instructions did pay to the Plaintiff a total sum of Shs.900,000 which was passed to the vendor leaving a balance of Shs.300,000/-.…

…It is clear then that the client is using the process of criminal law to enforce payment to him by his advocate of the funds paid to the advocate in settlement of the clients case.…

…A dispute as to costs due and payable by the advocate to client has arisen and a Client Advocate bill has been filed in court.…

…The advocate relied on the case law which demonstrated that the mistake of advocate may be excusable but in instances this indulgence of advocate may not be excusable.…

…The delay further in bringing this matter to court laid with the advocate.…

…Remuneration Order made under the Advocates Act (Chapter 16 of the Laws of Kenya) which regulate the practice of Advocates.…

…Advocate of the purchaser or party to whom property is conveyed, transferred or assigned; b. mortgage or charge …… advocate of mortgagee or charge c. release or discharge …… advocate in whose favour release or discharge is…

…A recognised agent is stated but not an advocate whose definition appears in the Advocates Act (Cap. 16).…

…"advocate" means any person whose name is duly entered upon the Roll of Advocates or upon the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel and .......... includes any person mentioned in S. 10."…

…The delay if any in opening the account can not be attributed to the firm of Nyachae & Company Advocates’ but to F.N. Wamalwa & Company Advocates who are now trying to put the blame on Nyachae & Company Advocates.…

…Wamalwa & Co Advocates for payment of Kshs 1,373,832.40 with interest thereon at 32% per annum from 20.12.96 until receipt of the said sum from M/s Wambugu & Co Advocates and henceforth interest thereon at 27% such interest…

…The delay if any in opening the account can not be attributed to the firm of Nyachae & Company Advocates’ but to F.N. Wamalwa & Company Advocates who are now trying to put the blame on Nyachae & Company Advocates.…

…Wamalwa & Co Advocates for payment of Kshs 1,373,832.40 with interest thereon at 32% per annum from 20.12.96 until receipt of the said sum from M/s Wambugu & Co Advocates and henceforth interest thereon at 27% such interest…

…Hamilton Harrison & Mathews advocates and Meenye and company advocates asked the Deputy Registrar to record an order in the following terms: 1.…

…Leaky and Meenye and Company Advocates. It is now the plaintiff’s case that M/s. Meenye and Company advocates had no authority to enter into any consent on behalf of the plaintiff.…

…A recognised agent is stated but not an advocate whose definition appears in the Advocates Act (Cap. 16).…

…"advocate" means any person whose name is duly entered upon the Roll of Advocates or upon the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel and .......... includes any person mentioned in S. 10."…

…The defendant’s advocate was allowed to withdraw from acting for his client on account of lack of adequate or appropriate instructions.…

…The defendant’s advocate had failed to alert his client of the consequences of delay in giving him instructions for filing a defence.…

…On October 2, 1984 the decree-holders advocates by letter to the deputy registrar requested that this case be mentioned to consider the position of the execution ordered. A mentions date was taken for November 11, 1984.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Waweru v Republic High Court, at Nairobi August 14, 1985 Schofield J Criminal Appeal No 1723, 1724 & 1725 of 1984 (Appeal from the Resident’s Magistrate’ Court at Nairobi, J A Mango, Esq) Advocates Appellants…

…Advocates Anjarwalla for plaintiff Juma for defendants February 8, 1985, Mandari J delivered the following Judgment.…

…Advocates who had been actually participating in this file. Both parties wished to have this file transferred to Meru as most of the witnesses reside there.…

…The advocate for the defendant did not appear for hearing on 19.3.96, when he had been duly served. He did mention to the advocate for the plaintiff that he was no longer on record. This is not enough.…

…Advocates Anjarwalla for plaintiff Juma for defendants February 8, 1985, Mandari J delivered the following Judgment.…

…His excuse for the default is that the Plaintiff’s Advocate also happened to be his own advocate and that he was made to believe by the said Advocate that no action would be taken against him and that he should find ways…

…He also says he has a good defence and a sound set-off against the said Advocate. This application is opposed by the Plaintiff.…

…The sum total of the argument is that the plaintiff/applicant is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya practising under the name and style of Amayamu & Co Advocates currently based in Eldoret.…

…It appears the title documents were released as per the undertaking of the plaintiff/applicant to the advocates of the bank.…

…She also produced a receipt for Ksh 7,000/- for the letters of administration being the advocates fees. This item was objected to by the advocate for the defendant.…

…The advocate for the defendant stated that an award for pain suffering and loss of Amenities be given at Ksh. 25,000/- only. He recorded therefore that a multiplier of 8 be given.…

…herein with concurrence of the advocates for the defendant be set aside.…

…Instead, the notice of change of advocate herein dated 24th January 1990 was signed by M/S. Arum and Company Advocates.…