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…Mwotia built 5 houses and planted 1,300 coffee trees and 6,000 cash crop plants on the half he occupied for those 15 years and compensation for those should be his if he had to quit that half and the amount should be based…

…At once the question arises as to whether judgment in default was to be for the order or the compensation?…

…The question is what will be a fair and reasonable compensation to award this little girl who suffered so much by this accident?…

…This only shows that award of compensation for pain and suffering is, by and large, a matter of impression and common sense.…

…that he failed to consider the appellant’s evidence that he contacted and consulted the Chambers of the Attorney-General in an attempt to reach a settlement out of court and that the two Respondents were considering some compensation…

…He has received workmen’s compensation, and an ex-gratia payments from the State. They are both small sums compared with the present level of damages for total blindness.…

…What I have to determine under this head of damage is a fair and reasonable compensation for the plaintiff. Before doing this, I must state briefly the injuries he suffered.…

…I must now answer the not-too-easy question; what will be a fair and reasonable compensation to award the plaintiff for his pain and suffering and loss of amenities?…

…He assessed the compensation for this by taking Kshs 2,805 a month.…

…On that score the appellant had lost his capability for which the appellant was entitled to appropriate compensation. As Kneller JA states, we were not invited to consider an award for the particulars loss.…

…Therefore Kshs. 30,000 would be fair and adequate compensation for pain and suffering and loss of amenities. With the special damages of Kshs 1,010 the total of damages was Kshs 31,010.…