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…Counterclaims should not be allowed unless it has very strong grounds in an action on a bill, cheque or promissory note (Norman v Lever (1881) 4 TLR 91). 5.…

…Should the payment due on it be held up until the trial of the set-off or counterclaim has been heard?…

…But then (2) on the respondent’s counterclaim, the High Court held that the plaintiff Society was liable to pay Kshs. 160,000 damages and costs on this sum.…

…In the result I would set aside the judgment for the respondent on the Counterclaim and substitute judgment for the appellant, dismissing the Counterclaim with costs.…

…defendant, as the case may be, may after the issue of the writ in the action subject to the provisions of this rule issue a warrant in Form No. 3 in Appendix B for the arrest of the property against which the action or any counterclaim…

…The first, third and fifth appellants filed a joint defence on 9th May 1994 denying the Mayor’s claim and also raised a counterclaim against him asking for an injunction against him to restrain him from holding himself out…