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…REPUBLIC OF KENYA NIMA INVESTMENTS LIMITED ..............................APPLICANT AND STEPHEN MBUKI KIMANI ..................................RESPONDENT R U L I N G Having heard advocates for both parties and in all the circumstances…

…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.…

…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.…

…Ongele of Ongele and Company Advocates of Kisumu. The applicant swears that he instructed Mr.…

…WAINAINA (NO 3) [1982] KLR 33, LAW, J.A held that – “An advocate’s bona fide mistake, but not inordinate delay on the advocate’s part, may amount to sufficient cause …… The only delay was due to the advocate’s bona fide but…

…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.…

…Application No. 796 of 1997) ****************************** R U L I N G The applicant, Moses Kipngetich Kurgat is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.…

…The ruling he alludes to had the effect of, if not stayed confirmning his suspension from the roll of advocates as decided by the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society of Kenya on the 22nd day of August, 1997.…

…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 plaintiffs also paid shs.1,000 to the advocate who prepared the sale agreement. The defendant later changed his mind and so he could not allow the plaintiffs to utilize this land.…

…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…

…Akhaabi, advocate for the applicants, that he applied for certified copies of the proceedings and judgment on October 22, 1991 he stated from Bar that he had in fact applied for them on July 3, 1990.…

…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…

…Indeed s 364 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code gives the accused person the right of being heard either personally or by an advocate in his own defence before any order to his prejudice is made under the section.…

…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.…