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…For reasons that are not clear, but which have no relevance to this reference, the respondent fell out with its advocates.…

…The said advocates (who are now the applicants) then filed their Advocate-Client Bill of Costs on 13th January 2005.…

…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.…

…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 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.…

…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.…

…When the case came before me for Formal Proof, the Advocates for the parties had not properly thought out the case, but after some discussion in Court and a 1/2 days adjournment the issues became clear to both Judge and Counsel…

…and I have had much assistance from the Advocates.…

…The same affidavit further reveals that when payment for the goods was not forthcoming, the plaintiff’s advocates demanded payment of the amount due being Shs.1,586,735.50, to which demand the defendant responded as follows…

…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.…

…Through their respective Advocates, each of the parties filed written submissions.…

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

…The plaintiff communicated with his then advocate Hon.…

…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 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.…

…Through their respective Advocates, each of the parties filed written submissions.…

…There is a letter annexed to the plaintiff’s application written by the 2nd defendant and addressed to the 1st defendant’s advocates in which he is clarifying that the plaintiff has paid all the rent to him because they shared…

…Service of summons shall be effected through the plaintiff’s advocates chambers.”…

…The defendant instructed their Advocates to recover the loan by selling the property that was charged. Several attempts to sell the property by public auction were made but they failed.…

…(iv) That the charge instrument dated 20.5.1998 lacks the essential mandatory Advocates Certificate required under Section 69 (4) of the Transfer of Property Act to enable the defendant exercise its Statutory Power of Sale…