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…; and that as the applicant had fully entrusted the prosecution of the appeal in the ......... professional hands of his advocates, his mistake should not be visited upon the applicant.…

…However the advocate told him that he would write to him as the advocate was in a hurry to attend another matter in another court. The advocate never wrote to him and in December, 1989 he went to the advocates office.…

…Very briey what happened in that petition was that the advocates signed the petition as advocates for the petitioner.…

…name of the advocate who he thereby authorizes to act as his advocate.…

…James Gikaria Plaintiff’s advocate – Nil Plaintiff – present Defendant’s Advocate – Nil Defendant – present Land Surveyor Sworn in English/Swahili My name is Peter Njoroge. I am a district surveyor Kirinyaga.…

…It is quite pertinent to notice that these suggestions were made by the defendant's advocate during the plaintiff'scross-examination.…

…But the defendant's evidence which was solely adduced by the man who was the plaintiff's supervisor on the material day contrasted sharply with the advocate's suggestions.…

…To this end, K Mwaura & Company Advocates (the advocates), were instructed by the proprietors to find a buyer.…

…He saw that the price at which the plot was to be sold was Kshs 550,000/- and he must have seen that the respondent was the buyer and the advocates acting for both the respondent and the sellers were M/s K Mwaura & Co Advocates…

…James Gikaria Plaintiff’s advocate – Nil Plaintiff – present Defendant’s Advocate – Nil Defendant – present Land Surveyor Sworn in English/Swahili My name is Peter Njoroge. I am a district surveyor Kirinyaga.…

…In his submission the advocate for the defendant has urged the Court to ignore the conviction as the same was not pleaded. He has supported his argument with English authorities.…

…M/s Wetangula & Co Advocates for the defendant suggests a figure of Shs 80,000/- M/s KJ Kinyanjui a figure of Shs 170,000/-. Both have relied on case law.…

…Mr S B M Kariuki, the appellant herein, has in the recent past been the advocate on record for the Hon K S N Matiba.…

…It is obvious to me that to counternance Mr Kariuki’s type of claim would open judges to endless harassment by all manner of malcontents, whether advocates or parties, who might feel that they have unfairly lost their battles…

…Lengthy submissions by advocates on both sides were made and on 15th December 1993, we delivered our ruling rejecting the application.…

…At the insistence of Mr Lakha who was the leading advocate for the Corporation the Court then fixed the hearing for 31st October, 1994.…

…No comment was made on this omission either by the appellant’s advocate or by the learned judge whose attention, it is clear from the record, was not drawn to this omission.…

…The fact that the statement was recorded in English while the conversation was in Kikuyu language, was a further ground for its rejection contended the advocate.…

…The advocate’s plea for a reduction of conviction for the lesser offence of manslaughter is also futile because of a complete absence of provocation.…

…According to him, Quadrant Services Limited is controlled by the firm of Messrs Kaplan & Stratton, advocates.…

…At all material times therefore, he caused one Michael E Aronson, a partner in the said firm of advocates to be appointed as a director of Stones Limited.…

…On 26th April, 1994, the advocate for the first, third and fifth appellants filed a notice of preliminary objection and an affidavit sworn by the second appellant, in opposition to the Mayor’s application.…