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…He clearly had in mind the interest of the 2nd respondent as distinct from that of the 1st respondent. She claimed to have contributed Kshs 1,000/- and yet had not been heard.…

…With no evidence relating to her interest on record there was no foundation to form a basis for any appeal by her.…

…The section simply stops a judge, a legal practitioner or officer connected with any court of Justice from buying or trafficking in, or stipulating for, or agreeing to receive, any share of, or interest in, in any actionable…

…That section primarily stops any such person from having an interest in an actionable claim. It does not talk of an advocate having no right to receive moneys on behalf of his client. Acting on Mr.…

…plaintiff testified that after the vehicle was stolen he was unable to pay the hire purchase charges to the hire-purchase company which eventually successfully sued him for the balance of the hire purchase amount and accrued interest…

…mind, the claim is reasonable and having not been challenged in crossexamination I allow the figure, with the result that I give judgment to the plaintiff against the defendant in the sum of Kshs.872,360/= with costs and interest…

…respondent against the appellant in the sum of shs.460,500/= as follows: General Damages - shs.432,000/= Special Damages - Shs. 28,500/= ------------- Total Shs.460,500/= ------------- The sum of shs.28,500/= will carry interest…

…at 12% per annum from 15th September, 1989 until the date of payment and the sum of shs.432,000/= will carry interest at the rate of 12% per annum from 27th day of June, 1996 until the date of payment.…

…We allow this appeal and set aside the conviction and sentence and in the interest of justice we order an expeditious retrial before any other judge of the High Court. These are our orders.…

…(e) Costs and interest (f) The Honourable Court be pleased to make any orders deemed fitting within its inherent jurisdiction.…

…This second prayer is most inelegantly worded as follows: "2.That upon the plaintiff deposit in an interest earning joint account in the name of the Registrar of the High Court with a first class Bank a sum of shs.200,647…

…The statement is not required to contain the evidence which has come to the knowledge of the Governor and which it may be against the public interest to disclose.…

…To give particulars would not be in the public interest he said. They might disclose the manner in which the information was obtained and perhaps endanger the person who obtained the details.…

…This appeal is therefore allowed and the orders made by the trial judge are set aside and we substitute therefor judgment for the respondents against the appellant only in the sum of Shs. 18,005/= with interest thereon at…

…This appeal is of undoubted considerable interest because it involves a suit which was brought by the appellant who is a member of the legal profession and as is common knowledge, one time Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya…

…Apart from this uniqueness of the suit, it also raises important issues of public interest and the independence of the Judiciary.…

…The legislation in Kenya and England have the same purpose, and it is therefore of interest to observe how the courts have dealt with the problem, as well as the opinions of the commentators in Halsbury’s Laws of England.…

…The conspiracy indeed may merge with the offence 2.To this general rule there are exceptions, as for instance:- a)Where it is in the interest of justice to present an overall picture, which a series of relatively small substantive…

…satisfactory trial” see also Braganza v R [1957] E A 152 Pyrall M Bassan v R, [1960] EA 854 and George Karanja Mwangi & others v R Criminal Appeal No 132 of 1983 (unreported) A re-trial may also be ordered if it is in the interest…

…No disagreement arose until 1969, by which time the personal respondent’s son had acquired an interest which gave him and his father a controlling interest in the company.…

…company; (ii) and agreement, or understanding that all, or some (for there maybe “sleeping” members), of the shareholders shall participate in the conduct of the business; (iii) restriction upon the transfer of the members’ interest…

…of Criminal Appeal No. 363 of 2006 was discriminatory, unconstitutional, and a breach of his fundamental rights; that the High Court sitting as a constitutional court should award him appropriate relief; and that in the interest…

…I would add that allowing an amendment to include a fresh claim of approximately 9 million shillings plus interest from 1984 would cause injustice not only to an individual but also to a banking institution which institution…