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…There also must be a knowledge on the appellant’s part of such fraud. From the evidence before the Court and the submission used – the petition of appeal does not question the fakeness of the dollars.…

…In that case, it was held that a consent judgment may only be set aside for fraud, collusion or for any reason which would enable the Court to set aside an agreement.…

…It can only be set aside by consent, unless upon proper application having been made, it can be shown, as is not the case here, that the consent order was obtained by fraud or collusion.…

…however, the respondent emphasised that from the circumstances of the matters in dispute between him and the appellant, it appeared that the appellant was formed by John Saul and Gabriel Nyambu with a view to committing fraud…

…It is elementary law that no person can take advantage of his own fraud. Evidently, from what I have tried to outline above, the appellant’s appeal must fail.…

…They also considered the Statute of Frauds which expressly refers to signature by an agent and that a clause which contain no reference to an agent was to be held to require personal signature.…

…In the Statute of Fraud regarding the sale of land, the words of the section are “and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.”…