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…The Advocates Notice of Motion dated 25th February 2022 made, inter alia, under section 51 of the Advocates Act (Chapter 16 of the Laws of Kenya) seeking judgment against the Client for KES. 5,756,023.04 as certified by the…

…The Advocates contend that the Reference is incompetent as it filed outside the time permitted and without leave of the court contrary to Para. 11 of Advocates Remuneration Order. 5.…

…the Advocates Act or the Advocates Remuneration Order. 9.…

…Act and the Advocates Remuneration Order that disputes between Advocates and Clients regarding Bills should be expedited, heard and determined within the specified timelines. 10.…

…Mutuku and Company Advocates oppose the adoption of the consent letter dated 10th June 2021 executed by Advocates for the Plaintiff, now under Administration, Wamae and Allen Advocates and Njoroge Regeru Advocates for the…

…Mutuku Advocates and Njoroge Regeru and Company Advocates.…

…the Advocates and Chris N.…

…Disciplinary Tribunal against Richard Harney, Advocate, Paras Shah, Advocate, Alex Njage, Advocate, and the firm of Coulson Harney Advocates initiated through the Affidavit of Complaint of Ravi Vasta sworn at Nairobi and…

…In due course, the Company was introduced to the Advocates.…

…The Advocate—Client relationship was consummated in a letter of engagement dated 13th September 2012 wherein the Company mandated the Advocates to provide legal services in relation to the sale of Units on the suit property…

…There are two applications before the court for resolution following taxation of the Advocate/Client Bill of Costs in this matter.…

…In the application dated 12.01.2022 the Advocates seeks judgment on the Certificate of Taxation under section 51(2) of the Advocates Act while the Clients, in their application dated 22.02.2022, seek an amalgam of orders…

…It is supported by his own affidavit sworn on the same day and opposed by the 1st Defendant through replying affidavit of its advocate, Aldrin Ojiambo, sworn on 19th September 2022. 3.…

…The Applicants case is that failure to comply with pre-trial directions was a result of the mistake of their advocates who did not have full instructions at the time of filing the defence.…

…Both appellants were represented at their trial by Mr S K M Mwangi, advocate, and the date of their respective sentences was the March 27, 1984.…

…The reason each appellant gave for the delay in preparing his appeal until July, 1984, (not July, 1983, as the record erroneously states) was that he was waiting to hear from his advocate, meaning Mr S K M Mwangi.…

…Kipkorir, the Plaintiff’s advocate, sworn on 3rd May 2022.…

…It is opposed by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Defendants (“the Defendants”) through Grounds of Opposition and a replying affidavit their advocate, Peter Waiyaki, sworn on dated 27th July 2022. 2.…

…having been instructed by the Applicant’s Advocate’s copy of the letter of 16th February 2021 not to attend.…

…Thus, neither the Applicant nor its Advocates attended the hearing.…

…It is supported by the affidavit of its advocate on record, Vivianne Wachanga, sworn on the same day. It is opposed by KAPS through the replying affidavit of Lawrence Odero Madialo sworn on 10th June 2022. 17.…

…Ndiritu and I note that she states at Paragraph 2 thereof that: “the arbitral awards were served upon the Applicants advocates on 13th April, 2015. Annexed herein and marked “NMN 1” is a true copy of the said award.”…

…Counsel cited several decisions among them; Wambugu, Motende & Company Advocates v Kamal Bhusan Joshi & 4 others HCOMM Misc. Appl.…

…Mr Esmail, Advocate is hereby discharged from his undertaking as directed by the court on 26th August 2020.…