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…Platt J exercising the discretion of the court, refused to stay the proceedings. Hence this appeal.…

…EXERCISE OF DISCRETION Is of daily occurrence in the courts. The principles upon which the exercise of the court’s discretion should take place have been repeatedly stated; nevertheless mishaps continue to occur.…

…However, the Attorney General’s discretion to terminate proceedings is constitutional.…

…But it has to be remembered that the Attorney – General’s discretion is constitutional one.…

…Before us, the applicant complains that the learned judge was wrong in the manner in which he exercised his discretion but in our view the application before the judge and the one before us are frivolous.…

…The learned judge was not obliged to consider any other grounds the applicant may have had for seeking exercise of that court's discretion when he came to the view that the applicant was less than candid.…

…Determination The Court is exercising its discretion is guided by the provisions under the proviso of Section 79 (G) of the Civil Procedure Act.…

…I would therefore apply the above principles in exercise of discretion to the prayers applied for by the applicant.…

…Since the grant of the injunction is discretionary this court would not normally interfere with the exercise of that discretion.…

…The circumstances in which this court will disturb the exercise of a discretion of a trial judge were stated by the Court of Appeal for East Africa, in the case of MBOGO –VSSHAH (1968) E.A. 93.…

…The point for decision in this appeal is whether the learned judge was right in refusing to exercise his discretion to allow the amendments sought.…

…I also agree with what Lord Griffths said in the Ketteman Case (supra) at page 62: "Whether an amendment should be granted is a matter for the discretion of the trial judge and he should be guided in the exercise of the discretion…

…Mwamu, for the respondent, is whether a mistake of law by counsel can amount to such a mistake as would entitle the Court to exercise its unfettered discretion under rule 4 and extend time on behalf of an applicant such as…

…, this statement is to be found at page 94: “the mistake or misunderstanding of the plaintiff’s legal adviser, even though negligent, may be accepted as a proper ground for granting relief under Order IX rule 20 ….. the discretion…

…It is evident from the reading of this provision that the Court enjoys a wide measure of discretion on the question of interest.…

…The only ground argued in this appeal is an objection to the learned trial judge’s exercise of discretion in awarding interest on the decretal amount.…

…This Court held that notwithstanding the trial judge’s wide discretion in the matter: “….it is impossible to ascertain the reasons which compelled the judge to award interest from the date of filing suit and this leads us…

…to the inevitable conclusion that the learned judge wrongly exercised his discretion” We have in the present appeal, an analogous situation where we cannot ascertain the reasons which compelled the learned judge, without…

…It is quite clear that the earlier decision on bail must be taken as a starting point, and any discretion exercised to grant bail must be based on the new matter presented before the court. 2.…

…The High Court does so exercising its own discretion and there is no provision whatever for appeal of any kind either to another judge or to the Court of Appeal.…

…In any event, the grant of such an amendment is a matter of a judicial discretion not lightly to be interfered with.…

…The circumstances in which this Court will disturb the exercise of a discretion of a trial judge were stated by Court of Appeal for East Africa in the case of Mbogo vs Shah [1968] EA 93.…

…I am aware that under order 9A rule 10 and order 9B rule 8 the Court’s discretion to set aside a judgment entered ex parte is wide and unfettered but all the same that discretion must be exercised according to law in conformity…

…The principles upon which the Court exercises such discretion have been settled since the case of Mbogo v Shah [1968] EA 93 which was followed in the case of Patel v East African Cargo Handling Services Ltd [1974] EA 75 all…

…I have been addressed by both counsel as to why I should or should not exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant.…

…In that regard I will exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant and order that the application be fixed for hearing before the full Court urgently. Costs in the application.…

…I have been addressed by both counsel as to why I should or should not exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant.…

…In that regard I will exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant and order that the application be fixed for hearing before the full Court urgently. Costs in the application.…

…APPEAL NO. 97 OF 1988) ********************* RULING OF THE COURT This is a reference to full Court against the ruling of the learned single Judge of this Court whereby he exercised his discretion under rule 4 of the Rules…

…Njage, counsel for the applicant, asks us in this reference under rule 54(1) (b) to vary, discharge or reverse the decision of the single judge on the ground that, he, in the exercise of his discretion failed to take into…

…To do so, the trial court is given overriding discretion to admit or reject the report.…

…Although the use of the word “may” in subsection (3) of section 77 gives the trial Magistrate full discretion to admit or reject the report, the discretion has to be exercised judicially.…

…Moreover, according to him, having considered all the circumstances of the matter before him, he was unable to find any special circumstances or proper basis upon which he could have exercised his discretion in favour of…

…Opiyo for the respondent was that the single judge of this Court found no basis upon which to exercise his discretion in favour of the applicant.…

…It is therefore more than a reasonable possibility that if the judge had known of this letter he would have exercised his discretion under section 349 differently.…

…It is perfectly clear, as Mr Metho submitted before us, that an exercise of discretion upon incomplete or mistaken facts could amount to a matter of law upon which a party to an appeal from a subordinate court to the High…

…It is therefore more than a reasonable possibility that if the judge had known of this letter he would have exercised his discretion under section 349 differently.…

…It is perfectly clear, as Mr Metho submitted before us, that an exercise of discretion upon incomplete or mistaken facts could amount to a matter of law upon which a party to an appeal from a subordinate court to the High…