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…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…

…When the case came up for hearing on the 25th January 1984 the advocates for all the parties had agreed on the quotum of damages and hence the following consent order was recorded by this court.…

…The Respondent’s Advocate did not attend court despite service with the hearing notice.…

…Unlike in the cited case where no papers were filed in reply to the application, and where the Advocate sent his pupil to seek adjournment, the Plaintiff’s Advocate in the instant case filed a replying affidavit.…

…Both appellants were represented at their trial by Mr S K M Mwangi, advocate, and the date of their respective sentences was the March 27, 1984.…

…The reason each appellant gave for the delay in preparing his appeal until July, 1984, (not July, 1983, as the record erroneously states) was that he was waiting to hear from his advocate, meaning Mr S K M Mwangi.…

…The Defendant pleads in the alternative and without prejudice that he was fraudulently induced by the said Harit Sheth, who was his advocate, to in effect commit himself to the Plaintiff by a letter dated 30th June, 2002…

…addressed to the advocate in the sum claimed of KShs. 1 million.…

…Before that application could be argued the plaintiffs advocates raised preliminary objections in the following terms: 1.…

…In response to that argument the applicants advocate relied on the case of MUKISA BISCUIT MANUFACTURING CO.…

…The application is supported by an affidavit sworn on October 2, 2000 by Michael J Iseme, an advocate of this Honourable Court and a partner in the firm of Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates, which said firm is on record for…

…The same point was taken by the respondent’s advocate Mr Nzamba Kitonga.…

…The learned advocate also argued that the applicant suffered from high hypertension and diabetes. He submitted to the Court a certificate in support of that submission.…

…To be honest this stand by the learned advocate for the applicant left me with surprise.…

…Githu Muigai Advocate, Mr. Mukele and Mr Kihara Muttu appear for the 1st and 2nd Respondents while Mr A.N. Ngunjiri advocate appears for the 4th respondent. The third respondent has not filed any papers at all.…

…accompanied by a copy of the petition, shall, within 10 days of the presentation of the petition, be served by the petitioner on the respondent. (2) service may be effected either by delivering the notice and copy to the advocate…

…This action appears to have been taken as a result of two letters, one from Afrocox to the defendant (dated September 5, 1984) and the other from Afrocox’s advocates (dated September 7, 1984) to the defendant.…

…From Ashford’s advocate came a letter dated September 18, 1984, indicating their lack of interest in the matter and telling the defendant to address further correspondence to the plaintiff.…

…The Plaintiff has averred on oath that she did not appear before the named advocate whether to execute the charge or to have the advocate explain to her the contents of the charge that she had allegedly executed.…

…matter of legal right, the Plaintiff was entitled to be given a legal explanation of the contents of the charge prior to her execution in consonance with the law hence the mandatory legal requirement for certification by an Advocate…

…The lease was prepared by advocates of the defendant, Field-Marsham & Co. Advocates.…

…The plaintiff communicated with his then advocate Hon.…

…What the learned Judge-Advocate advised the Court Martial on the question of accomplices evidence was, we think, quite correct.…

…The next ground of appeal taken by Mr Raballa was:- “ Although there was evidence that applicant had been tricked and forced to participate in the mutiny, the honourable Judge Advocate failed to advise the Court Martial on…

…Havi replied that no advocate or judge takes pleasure in an application for recusal of a judge but that he was acting on instructions adding that the court may recuse itself or he would take his files and go away.…

…The Petitioner and her advocate Mr. Havi know that the Petitioner heard nothing of my disappointment about the application for my disqualification in Petition no. 102/2011 from any women caucus. That they know for sure.…

…The advocates did not put the case for their parties or party on this to the others in detail or at all. Nzambi was not cross-examined on the issue.…

…Each party was blessed with an advocate and it would not be right for the court to do more than give a nominal sum for the loss which will be the usual one of Kshs 100.…

…He submitted that the summing up by the Judge Advocate was one sided and concentrated mainly on the prosecution's case.…

…Advocate have been handling this matter but I am afraid to say, with due respect, that they do not appear to have been keen enough. Civil case No.3401 of 1989 now before me was also referred to a panel of elders.…

…If at the close of the evidence in support of the charge and after hearing such summing up, submission or argument as the prosecutor, the accused person or his advocate may wish to put forward, it appears to the court that…

…Mr Munura advocate for the plaintiffs has helpfully referred me to a number of locally decided cases, most of which are unreported.…