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…The agreed general damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities was £120,000.…

…The damages awarded under this head in the past judgements are between Shs. 300,000 and Shs. 600,000. The damages Cockar J. awarded under this head was in excess and outside the bracket of decisions of this court.…

…There is no appeal before us against liability as judgment on liability was entered by Consent and the suit proceeded only on assessment of damages.…

…Giving the best consideration to this aspect of the case, we thing that the figure of general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities should be reduced by one-half to shillings 600,000/=.…

…There is a claim for special damages as well as general damages.…

…In these circumstances I would hold that the appellant has failed to prove anything in the nature of special damages. He is in judgment entitled to damages by way of general damages only.…

…Njuguna’s main argument simply is that when damages are an adequate remedy and that when mode of calculating such damages is agreed, the court ought to consider that damages are an adequate remedy.…

…Njuguna took exception to there being no undertaking as to damages given by the respondent should she not succeed eventually.…

…NO. 114 OF 1992) ************************** JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT This is a second appeal from the decision of the Resident Magistrate’s Court in Nairobi by which the respondent was awarded Shs.85,000/- as general damages…

…In a claim by an employee against his employer for damages for wrongful dismissal, such damages are limited to the amount the employer would have been obliged to pay if he had brought the contract to an end in accordance…

…The judge decided to proceed with the assessment of damages.…

…The judge did not accomplish the task he set out to do; he did not asses damages.…

…There is no appeal before us against liability as judgment on liability was entered by Consent and the suit proceeded only on assessment of damages.…

…Giving the best consideration to this aspect of the case, we thing that the figure of general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities should be reduced by one-half to shillings 600,000/=.…

…And having done so, he reached a figure of Kshs 38,880 as damages.…

…Accordingly, they say the award of damages made in their favour was void as was the action itself.…

…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.…

…(c)Was Shs 10,000.00 a week damages for delay a panel clause?…

…Turning to damages, Mr. Esmail claimed the evidence of Mrs Hepple and Mr Levitan was too thin to amount to proof of the sum claimed as damages. There was no attempt to persuade Sarikas to submit their unit rates.…

…On damages, we can only interfere with the award of the Judge if it be shown to us that in arriving at the figure he awarded, the learned Judge took into account an irrelevant matter which he ought not to have considered,…

…that he failed to take into account a relevant matter which he ought to have taken into account or short of these two, that the award is so inordinately high or low that it represents a wholly erroneous estimate of the damages…

…On damages, we can only interfere with the award of the Judge if it be shown to us that in arriving at the figure he awarded, the learned Judge took into account an irrelevant matter which he ought not to have considered,…

…that he failed to take into account a relevant matter which he ought to have taken into account or short of these two, that the award is so inordinately high or low that it represents a wholly erroneous estimate of the damages…

…NO. 155/96 (hereinafter called “the defendant”), in the superior court seeking to recover damages on behalf of herself and her children following the death of her husband Joseph Nzioka Mwana (hereinafter called “the deceased…

…In the assessment of damages the learned Judge rejected the evidence of income of the deceased and the plaintiff’s claim that she had 5 children.…

…In its turn, the second respondent stated in its defence that it had bought the machine from Karugu Contractors and raised a counterclaim for damages for loss of business.…

…The Judge granted a stay on condition that the defendants paid a sum of Shs.720,000/-, being 10% of the damages awarded, to the appellant's Advocates.…

…He also made submissions for an award of general damages for mental anguish and apprehension of possible arrest.…

…As far as grounds of appeal relating to claims in respect of travelling expenses and general damages are concerned we are satisfied that the learned judge did not err in disallowing these claims.…

…He was obviously referring to the issue of liability as he did say, and quite correctly in our view, that the issue of damages should proceed to proof by way of assessment of damages. Mr.…

…Damages of course are always in issue unless specifically admitted. It was observed by Chesoni Ag. J.A in the case of Choitram vs Nazari (1982-88) 1 K. A.…

…The appellant’s appeal concerns the quantum of damages, i.e.…

…On 14th August, 1991 an interlocutory judgment was entered in that case for the respondent and on 17th January, 1992 damages were assessed as follows:- (a) General damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities: Kshs 600,000…

…Please let us have your admission of liability so that the issue of quantum of damages may then be gone into. We are copying this letter to your insurers who may respondent on your behalf.…

…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.…

…There was also a claim for general damages.…

…The award of Shs.1,080,000/-, general damages, for loss of business cannot stand for two reasons. First, it is compensation for consequential loss which is expressly excluded under the terms of the policy.…