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…In my own judgment, therefore, I would award him a sum of Shs 750,000/= as general damages for pain, suffering and loss or amenities, on top of which I would add Kshs 13,050/=, being special damages and enter judgment for…

…In plain language, the appellant is simply asking this Court to reduce the amount of damages awarded to the respondent by the trial judge because in the view of the appellant, those damages are so excessive that they amount…

…I agree with the defence submission that no special damages were pleaded in the plaint and as such no such special damages can be awarded.…

…He must therefore have suffered substantial damages for which he should be adequately compensated.…

…At the time of the assessment of the damages it was proved that although the fractures had united he complained of pain on the right side and had problems in lifting weights.…

…He was awarded Shs 30,000/= as general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities.…

…and Kshs 73,000/- as general damages plus costs of the suit and interest.…

…He also argued that the damages awarded in the case were exorbitant.…

…The plaintiff has proved that his dismissal was unlawful and he is therefore entitled to damages. Counsel for the plaintiff has put out a formula upon which he wants the damages due to the plaintiff assessed.…

…I am of the view that the damages he is entitled to as claimed is the two months salary in lieu of notice which amounts to 2,581.95 shillings special damages plus a sum of 3572/85 worked out on a salary of three months when…

…And having done so, he reached a figure of Kshs 38,880 as damages.…

…Accordingly, they say the award of damages made in their favour was void as was the action itself.…

….….PLAINTIFF VERSUS CHARLES KENNEDY WANYA FRANCIS ONSERIC ……………………………………..RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT This is the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant for damages for the personal injuries which she suffered when she and the…

…So I find the defendants fully liable to pay damages to the plaintiff.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI CIVIL SUIT NO 2552 OF 1987 JAMES MUTULU OKUNNE ………………………………… PLAINTIFF VERSUS NZOIA SUGAR COMPANY LTD & ANOTHER….............DEFENDANTS JUDGMENT This is a suit for general damages…

…In the event that I am wrong in the conclusions I have come to above, had the plaintiff became successful I would have assessed damages at Kshs 50,000 for malicious prosecution considering that the prosecution was conducted…

…On 14th August, 1991 an interlocutory judgment was entered in that case for the respondent and on 17th January, 1992 damages were assessed as follows:- (a) General damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities: Kshs 600,000…

…Please let us have your admission of liability so that the issue of quantum of damages may then be gone into. We are copying this letter to your insurers who may respondent on your behalf.…

…There is a further claim of general damages. Plaintiff’s evidence disclosed that by an agreement dated 20.11.85 (Ex1) defendant agreed to sell motor vehicle Reg No KWJ III to plaintiff at a price of Shs 220,000.…

…I could not have held defendant liable to pay general damages with regard to the interest charged on the loan obtained by plaintiff from KFC.…

…By Clause (V) the 2nd defendantherein relinquished its claim over the land and agreed toconfine its claim to damages. The maximum of the damages wasto be the valuation amount of the land, above.…

…True, it retains the right to claim damages. However, there are certain rights it has lost. It cannot be restored toposition it was in before the suit agreement. Estoppel is available against the plaintiff.…

…DEFENDANT JUDGMENT The plaintiff Ali Juma Maingi sued his former employer Metal Box (K) Ltd claiming damages for the injuries he sustained as a result of being assaulted by one of his fellow co-employees, in the course of…

…I have considered the awards of damages in the various cases which were quoted to me, but each must be looked at from its own facts and circumstances.…

…The measure of damages suggested by Mr. Ransley, is, in my opinion, not the correct measure of damages in this case.…

…It is reminiscent of the normal measure of damages in contract which damages are intended to put plaintiff in the same position he would have been if the contract was in fact performed.…

…The appellant deponed that on 14th April 1988, his son drowned in a pit dug by the second respondent at a school owned by the first respondent His intention right from the beginning was to sue both respondents to recover damages…

…In that case, the appellant had applied to a judge ex parte under section 28 of the Limitation of Actions Act (cap 22) to be granted leave to file a suit for damages against the respondents.…

…DEFENDANTS JUDGMENT By this action the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendants damages for the personal injuries which he suffered when the upper wall of the pit in which he was working in the course of his employment…

…Issue of the quantum of damages: The plaintiff was aged 28 years at the time of the injury. He was a robust man and that is the reason why he was selected for this particularly hazardous work.…

…the seven girls resume classes and continue with their education at the Consolata Secondary School, Meru; an injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with the plaintiffs’ rights to attend the school; various damages…

…And the Court must extract some undertaking as to damages, from the applicant, as the price he must pay before a temporary injunction is granted.…

…termination of the retainer, in respect of any information acquired during the course of and by virtue of the retainer and the Court will restrain the solicitor by injunction from any breach likely to damnify the client and award damages…