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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The application for amendment was opposed on grounds that there was lack of good faith that the proposed amendments were useless; that omission to quantify earlier was not curable; that limitation had set in. that is, no…
…if an amendment is to be allowed; that if the court is not satisfied as to the truth and substantiality of the proposed amendment it ought to be disallowed; that the proposed amendment must not be immaterial or useless or…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The learned Judge recorded that by consent the application for amendment of the notice of appeal filed on 12th November, 1997, be granted as prayed with costs of the application being costs in the appeal.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…It has been stated on many occasions that a litigant ought to be given a chance to defend or prosecute his suit if he has an arguable defence or claim which can be sustainable even after amendment of the pleadings.…
Division and case type: CriminalMiscellaneous Criminal Application
…And sub-section 3 of this section provides that: “The charge framed by the magistrate under subsection (2) may be in the same terms as the information furnished by the prosecution or may be an amendment thereof.”…
…In this regard, Mr Kariuki and Dr Khaminwa argued that the word framed requires the magistrate to write out a charge which could be in the same words as the one in the information or an amendment thereof.…