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…Procedure Act, ordered in addition, interest to be paid on the principal sum again at the rate of 14%.…

…Judgment should only have been given for this latter sum and any interest which the learned judge could award under section 26 of the Civil Procedure Act.…

…On 18th November, 1983, the 2nd respondent, who is the wife of the 1st respondent, made an application under section 80 of the Civil Procedure Act for a review of the said judgment dated 25th May, 1979, on the grounds that…

…The words “any person” and “for any sufficient reason” used in section 80 of the Civil Procedure Act clearly are meant to include a person who has a direct interest in a litigation or its result but has been deprived of a…

…of courts in the two cases are agreed that an express statutory provision conferring, jurisdiction with the majority in MUNENE’s case holding that such express statutory authorization is to be found in section 66 of the Civil…

…Procedure Act, Cap 21, while the majority in NJERU’s case thought that section 66 of the Civil Procedure Act does not provide a basis for the assumption of jurisdiction by the court.…

…Those holdings were founded on a proper interpretation of section 66 of the Civil Procedure Act which confers a right of appeal from the High Court to this Court from “decrees and orders of the High Court”.…

…According to section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act (cap 21) “Legal representative” means a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person ...”…

…Under section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act, “suit” means all civil proceedings commenced in any manner prescribed.…

…That is a matter for the superior court as set out in Section 91(1) of the Civil Procedure Act. We make no observations in that regard. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 12th day of February, 1997. A. M.…

…Section 7 of the Civil Procedure Act (cap 21) deals with res-judicata. It bars suits which have already been decided by competent courts to be reinsituted. PARA 2-0.…

…The appellants being the sons of Ayub Wasike who was involved in the same land dispute with Ainea Fita, who was the defendant in the fresh High Court suit, are all parties within the meaning of section 7 of the Civil Procedure…

…Subsequent to the respondent's substantive originating summons, the appellant filed its grounds of opposition and took out a motion on notice under sections 3A, 6 and 7 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order VI rule 13 (1)(…

…time the plaint was filed the plaintiff filed a Chamber Summons under "Order XXVI rules (sic) 5 Civil Procedure Rules as amended (sic) and Order XXXIX rules 1, 2 & 3 Civil Procedure Rules as amended (sic) and section 3A Civil…

…Procedure Act Laws of Kenya."…

…The application was expressed to be brought under 0.1XB rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules and S.3A of the Civil Procedure Act, (Cap 21 Laws of Kenya).…