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…plaintiff testified that after the vehicle was stolen he was unable to pay the hire purchase charges to the hire-purchase company which eventually successfully sued him for the balance of the hire purchase amount and accrued interest…

…mind, the claim is reasonable and having not been challenged in crossexamination I allow the figure, with the result that I give judgment to the plaintiff against the defendant in the sum of Kshs.872,360/= with costs and interest…

…The letter of objection itself contains these relevant portions:- “That the Hon Chief Justice may, in the interest of justice being seen to be done, wish to appoint a different Bench (from the one which heard the other appeal…

…With great respect, it is my firm view that purported words of courtesy in the objection correspondence apart, the gist of the objection is no more and no less than saying- “In the interest of justice we ask for Judges of…

…In the event of an apparent conict of interest we expect you to advise us accordingly. We note that you require a substantial deposit on account of legal expenses related to this transaction.…

…However, Mr Keith saw no conict of interest at that time, although he foresaw such an eventuality arising subsequently.…

…We allow this appeal and set aside the conviction and sentence and in the interest of justice we order an expeditious retrial before any other judge of the High Court. These are our orders.…

…The Court also expressed the view that the applicant should have been joined as a defendant because both the plaintiff and the defendant were aware of its interest in the suit land. And the Court granted a stay.…

…The statement is not required to contain the evidence which has come to the knowledge of the Governor and which it may be against the public interest to disclose.…

…To give particulars would not be in the public interest he said. They might disclose the manner in which the information was obtained and perhaps endanger the person who obtained the details.…

…This appeal is of undoubted considerable interest because it involves a suit which was brought by the appellant who is a member of the legal profession and as is common knowledge, one time Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya…

…Apart from this uniqueness of the suit, it also raises important issues of public interest and the independence of the Judiciary.…

…The legislation in Kenya and England have the same purpose, and it is therefore of interest to observe how the courts have dealt with the problem, as well as the opinions of the commentators in Halsbury’s Laws of England.…

…The conspiracy indeed may merge with the offence 2.To this general rule there are exceptions, as for instance:- a)Where it is in the interest of justice to present an overall picture, which a series of relatively small substantive…

…satisfactory trial” see also Braganza v R [1957] E A 152 Pyrall M Bassan v R, [1960] EA 854 and George Karanja Mwangi & others v R Criminal Appeal No 132 of 1983 (unreported) A re-trial may also be ordered if it is in the interest…

…No disagreement arose until 1969, by which time the personal respondent’s son had acquired an interest which gave him and his father a controlling interest in the company.…

…company; (ii) and agreement, or understanding that all, or some (for there maybe “sleeping” members), of the shareholders shall participate in the conduct of the business; (iii) restriction upon the transfer of the members’ interest…

…Rongai through purchase of that property from one Joseph Orumoy the previous owner, and that this transaction as required by law, had received not only the approval of the Olkejiado County Council, in which the reversionary interest…

…of Criminal Appeal No. 363 of 2006 was discriminatory, unconstitutional, and a breach of his fundamental rights; that the High Court sitting as a constitutional court should award him appropriate relief; and that in the interest…

…During the pendency of the suit and it will be in the interest of justice to issue an injunction against further development on the suit properties.…