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…By legal notice No 164 of 1992, the Rules Committee amended order 53 of the Civil Procedure Rules whereby their existing rules 1 & 2 of order 53 were deleted and new rules were inserted in their place.…

…Under s 9 (1) (b) of the Act the Rules Committee set up under s 81 of the Civil Procedure Act is empowered to make rules of court requiring (inter alia) except in such cases as may be specified in the rules that leave shall…

…The defendants rely on in support of this objection the provisions in orders 45 rule 16, order 45 rule 17(a) and order 20 45 rule 17(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules.…

…On the 27th February, 1990, the appellant filed a chamber summons under order VI rule 13(1)(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules praying for an order that: “The respondent/plaintiff’s suit be struck out as it discloses no reasonable…

…Mr Wasuna who also argued the application before the judge pointed out that they could not have filed a supporting affidavit because that was not allowed by order VI rule 13(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules.…

…the Civil Procedure Rules to sign documents on behalf of his client did nothing to derogate from his powers as attorney be it for the signing of a divorce petition under the Civil Procedure Rules or an election petition…

…Procedure Rules but from the authority conferred by the donor of the power, adding that any separate or other authority derived under the Civil Procedure Rules to sign documents on behalf of his client did nothing to derogate…

…It is not uncommon for arithmetic mistakes like what has occurred in my judgment in this matter to happen and indeed, that is the reason for the existence of S.99 of the Civil Procedure Act which permits such mistakes to…

…Waweru vs Kiromo [1969] EA page 172 that as the process server made no inquiry about the defendant’s whereabouts it could not be said that he could not be found so as to allow service on his wife under order 5 rule 12 of Civil…

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…This appeal arose from the appellant’s plaint having been struck out and dismissed on application by respondent under order VI rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules on grounds that: (a) It disclosed no reasonable cause of…

…Founding himself upon order VI rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules, he asked Aluoch, J to strike out Mr Kairiuki’s plaint because it disclosed no reasonabale cause of action, was frivolous and vexatious and was an abuse…

…Under order VI rule 3 Civil Procedure Rules a party need not plead evidence and under order VI rule 7 a party is at liberty to raise or leave out a point of law in his pleadings.…

…The plaintiff/applicant has filed chamber summons under order VI rule 13(b) and c and order IXA rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules seeking orders that the defence filed herein be struck out as the same is scandalous, frivolous…

…On the question of malice Mrs Madahana, state counsel, on behalf of the respondent very properly raised the issue of non-compliance with order 6 rule 6 A (3) of the Civil Procedure Rules which has prescribed that where a…

…That the provisions of order XXXIX of the Civil Procedure Rules do not apply to this suit at all. A suit by a ratepayer must in law be by judicial review and not a plaint. (3).…

…An application should have been made by summons in chambers under order 1 rule 22 of the Civil Procedure Rules.…

…appeal from decree and orders of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Hon Lady Justice Owuor) dated 11th August, 1993 in HCCC No 5747 of 1991 (OS)) ************************************ JUDGMENT Order XXXVI rule 3D of the Civil…

…Procedure Rules – the Rules provides that: “3D (1) An application under section 38 of the Limitation of Actions Act shall be made by Originating Summons. (2) The summons shall be supported by an affidavit to which a certified…

…In an application made by way of a Chamber Summons under order XXXIX rules 1, 2, and 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules and dated 26th October, 1992, the respondent sought orders from the superior court that: 1.…

…The respondent’s application was made under order XXXIX rules 1, 2 and 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules.…