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…It is therefore more than a reasonable possibility that if the judge had known of this letter he would have exercised his discretion under section 349 differently.…

…It is perfectly clear, as Mr Metho submitted before us, that an exercise of discretion upon incomplete or mistaken facts could amount to a matter of law upon which a party to an appeal from a subordinate court to the High…

…Mr Justice J S Patel had failed to exercise his discretion judicially. Mr Waweru in urging Nduhius’s appeal had no more to add than the failure to draw and file the reply was not Nduhiu’s fault.…

…Now Mr Justice J S Patel had a very wide discretion to exercise under the relevant order and rule and there were no limits and restrictions on the discretion of the learned judge except that if the judgment was varied it…

…The grounds on which the learned judge might, in his discretion, have set aside the award not emerge. In our judgment he was right to dismiss the application and this appeal should also be dismissed.…