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…Her two sons (the repondents) filed suit in the superior court claiming damages under The Law Reform Act and The Fatal Accidents Act (chapters 26 and 32 respectively of The Laws of Kenya).…

…The superior court had before it the task of assessing general damages under the two aforesaid Acts, and special damages. We will first deal with the claim under The Fatal Accidents Acts.…

…Justice Juma) in Nairobi on 27th June, 1996 by which the respondent was awarded damages under the Fatal Accidents Act and the Law Reform Act arising out of the death of her husband in a road traffic accident which occurred…

…The learned judge whilst awarding damages under this head said that the decision in the case of Hintz vs.…

…appeal raises a short issue which is: Can an insurer (or a tortfeasor) who is dealing with the advocates for the injured party upon settlement of claim, pay directly to the injured party, the sum in respect of the claim for damages…

…The advocate after deducting his fees (including advocateand client element thereof) is bound to pay the balance of the awarded or agreed damages to his client.…

…defendants case was that the goods it was carrying belonged to known people who had hired the motor vehicle to transport the same from Nakuru District to NaAitr otbhie. trial of the suit a part from the issue of quantum of damages…

…That now leaves me with the question of general damages and costs.…

…No general damages are payable for dismissal of a servant. In the end result we dismiss this appeal with costs. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 1st day of March, 1996. R. O. KWACH ………………………. JUDGE OF APPEAL P.K.…

…It follows that once an employee has been dismissed, whether rightly or wrongly, the dismissal stands, and if the contract has been broken by the employer, damages for breach of contract is the remedy to which the employee…

…On the 29th day of December, 1995 the plaintiff filed a 15 page plaint against the defendant claiming the following reliefs: "(a) Declarations in terms of paragraph 13 `above' and directions and judgment for loss and for damages…

…The alternative remedies available to the petitioner which Sachdeva J canvassed, were a common law action for damages, rectification of the register, an action for appropriate declarations, and finally, a petition under section…

…It is true that passage was referring to the question of whether the party concerned could be compensated in damages on an interlocutory injunction, but it is in my view an admirable statement of the correct approach to an…

…He sued the Chief Justice for the alleged libel seeking damages. But even before filing his defence, the Chief Justice counter-attacked.…

…It is the same with any damages due in consequence of pecuniary prejudice caused to other persons, the maintenance of his wives, whose marriage remains in suspense, and the maintenance of his ascendants and descendants.”…