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…Chunga was present when this order was made but the appellant was certainly not present as were his advocates.…

…We are aware that section 365 of the Code provides that:- “No party has a right to be heard either personally or by an Advocate before the High Court when exercising its powers of revision.”, but it must not be forgotten…

…Akhaabi, advocate for the applicants, that he applied for certified copies of the proceedings and judgment on October 22, 1991 he stated from Bar that he had in fact applied for them on July 3, 1990.…

…and the judge is satisfied the evidence is sufficient and that there is no material raising a reasonable doubt that the conviction was right, he may summarily dismiss the appeal” And in that application, the appellant’s advocate…

…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…

…The respondent alleged that he had paid a total of Kshs 220,000 of the agreed price of Kshs 650,000, the appellants, of which they acknowledged receipt, and a further Kshs 30,000 to their advocate, Mr K M Patel, of Nakuru…

…The respondent therefore sought orders of specific performance against the appellants, or alternatively the return of the total of Kshs 250,000 paid to the appellants and their advocate, plus what were described as mesne…

…submitted that a breach of rule 23 was not irredeemable, that it was not his wish to have the appeal decided on technicalities and that in any event the court would be reluctant to penalize a party for the mistake of his advocate…

…Until January 1983, every petition had to be advertised at least seven days before the hearing otherwise the appointment for hearing would be cancelled unless the petitioner or his advocate appeared before the registrar to…

…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.…