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…Both applications were listed for hearing on the same day the April 10, 1985.…

…When the hearing went on before the arbitration, they were not present and yet the District Officer proceeded to hear the matter in their absence, giving away a piece of land to the claimant.…

…When the two appellants’ appeals from the decision of Bhandari J came before this court for hearing it was disclosed that there was in existence a letter from Mr S K M Mwangi dated June 16, 1984 to the prison authorities…

…The advocate further stated that a memorandum of appeal had been filed and that a hearing date was due to be fixed by the High Court registry.…

…He submitted that all he was entitled to was what he had spent necessarily and properly on paying the fees for filing documents and serving them and the expenses of attending the hearing of the application and the reference…

…There in the Schedule will be found a provision that the Deputy Registrar must allow the reasonable expenses of a party who appeared in person at the hearing of an application or an appeal ( and those of witnesses who give…

…material in the circumstances of the case which could raise a reasonable doubt whether the conviction was right or lead him to the opinion that the sentence ought to be reduced, the appeal may, without being set down for hearing…

…We direct that the appellant's appeal to the High Court be returned for a judge to admit it to hearing. Dated and delivered at Nakuru this 20th day of February, 1995. A.M. AKIWUMI ………………… JUDGE OF APPEAL P.K.…

…This is an after thought and although his appeal should correctly, have been admitted to hearing in view of that ground, no court would have accepted his belated explanation in the light of his unequivocal plea of guilty…

…No purpose would, therefore, be served by sending back this appeal to the High Court for admission for hearing.…

…This is an after thought and although his appeal should correctly, have been admitted to hearing in view of that ground, no court would have accepted his belated explanation in the light of his unequivocal plea of guilty…

…No purpose would, therefore, be served by sending back this appeal to the High Court for admission for hearing.…

…When the application for such leave came up for hearing before Porter Ag. J. (as he then was) the learned judge declined to grant the leave as the application was filed out of time.…

…Okubasu J. was hearing an application dated 28th April, 1994 (file on 4th May, 1994) which is entitled “Notice of Motion” under Order LIII rule 3(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules.…

…When the two appellants’ appeals from the decision of Bhandari J came before this court for hearing it was disclosed that there was in existence a letter from Mr S K M Mwangi dated June 16, 1984 to the prison authorities…

…The advocate further stated that a memorandum of appeal had been filed and that a hearing date was due to be fixed by the High Court registry.…

…At the commencement of the hearing of the respondent’s application on 30th November, 1992, counsel then and now appearing for the appellant, Mr Kapila, asked the trial judge to disqualify himself from hearing the said application…

…The appellant did not appeal against the trial judge’s refusal to disqualify himself from hearing the respondent’s application.…

…Wamalwa's clerk obtained a date for the hearing of the chamber summons. That date was 6th February, 1996. On this date counsel for both the parties appeared before Bosire, J.…

…Ibrahim stated that that condition may remain in force pending the hearing and determination of the suit in the superior court.…

…That pending the hearing and determination of the petition herewith, this Court be pleased to issue a conservatory order restraining the Respondents, their agents, servants, employees, or assignees from all further implementation…

…That to facilitate the expedient determination of this application and petition substantively, this court be pleased to issue an order of status quo prevailing at the time of ling pending the hearing and determination of…

…That application came up for hearing before a single judge of this Court (Muli, J.A.), who on 2nd June, 1993 granted the extension sought and ordered further that the intended appeal be filed within 60 days from the date…

…Civil Appeal No. 34 of 1994 came up for hearing first on 17th July, 1997 when the court drew the attention of the applicant's counsel to the fact that order of Muli J.A extending time to file the notice and the record of…

…That pending the hearing and determination of the petition herewith, this Court be pleased to issue a conservatory order restraining the Respondents, their agents, servants, employees, or assignees from all further implementation…

…That to facilitate the expedient determination of this application and petition substantively, this court be pleased to issue an order of status quo prevailing at the time of ling pending the hearing and determination of…

…The court made the order asked for and the plaintiff’s suit was dismissed even though the particulars had been supplied before the hearing date of the defendant’s application, and notwithstanding also the plaintiff’s offer…

…we would allow the appeal, set aside the order made by the learned judge, and direct that, subject to any further necessary interlocutory applications whether relating to particulars or other matters, the suit proceed to hearing…

…Simon Nyamai attended the hearing of the appeal and the other appellants did not do so (at their own request).…

…Simon Nyamai added nothing in his submissions during the hearing of the appeal. We must be unmoved by these references to age or health or family obligations by such people.…

…The learned former Chief Justice, Simpson J as he then was, following a full hearing gave judgment on 25th May, 1979, in which he ordered that on receipt from the appellant of a sum of Kshs 1750/- the 1st respondent was to…

…completely overlooked the fact that on 31st July, 1984, Mr Mutungi also, who was then representing the appellant, had raised the matter of these two issues by way of preliminary objections before Masime, J, who was at that time hearing…

…It was ordered that the application be heard inter-partes on August 10 1988, on which date after the hearing inter-partes, the High court ordered that the ex parte order do remain in force and that the hearing interpartes…

…At the commencement of the hearing inter partes, Mr Alibhai for the defendants, raised a preliminary objection to the effect that as the appellant firm was under receivership, its directors could not bring an action against…

…No. 1870/1/92 (the suit land) until the hearing and final determination of an intended appeal.…

…In the circumstances, we allow this application and issue an injunction restraining the plaintiff, his servants and agents from selling, disposing of, transferring or otherwise, dealing with the suit land pending the hearing…

…Before doing so, however, I must state that at the commencement of hearing the substantive application, Mr Deverell, advocate for the applicant, applied that I should disqualify myself from hearing the same.…

…Lord Hewart CJ clearly thought that the acting magistrates’ clerk’s involvement in the civil proceedings was such that he should never have participated in the hearing before the magistrates and went so far as to indicate…