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…and cannot be reopened by the High Court; and that an error in the decision of the Court of Appeal cannot be said to be a violation of the right to a fair hearing.…

…The effect of such violations is to vitiate the trial to such extent that it amounts to no trial” [13] The appellant asserted that he was not accorded a fair hearing, nor was the hearing by the Court of Appeal conducted in…

…In making reference to Constitutional Petition No. 50 of 2020, he indicated that it came up for hearing on 28th July, 2020 before Judge E.…

…It was submitted that the lower court case came up for hearing on 29th July, 2020 but Mr.…

…Counsel further applied that the presiding judge do disqualify himself from hearing the renewed bail application as he had rejected the previous one and was thus looking to reach the same conclusion in the current one.…

…It was suggested in submission by counsel for the applicant that an applicant for bail under section 123(3) was entitled to trail his coat through every court and before every judge for fresh hearing. Held: 1.…

…They took the hearing dates of 25th and 26th June, by consent.…

…On the same day a hearing date for this appeal was by consent fixed for 21st and 22nd October, 1998 at 9:30 a.m. Mr.…

…material in the circumstances of the case which could raise a reasonable doubt whether the conviction was right or lead him to the opinion that the sentence ought to be reduced, the appeal may, without being set down for hearing…

…We direct that the appellant's appeal to the High Court be returned for a judge to admit it to hearing. Dated and delivered at Nakuru this 20th day of February, 1995. A.M. AKIWUMI ………………… JUDGE OF APPEAL P.K.…

…There is inherent power to restore a case for hearing after it has been dismissed under order 16 rule 6. 2.…

…It follows from this quotation that there is an inherent power to restore a case for hearing after it has been dismissed under order 16, r 6.…

…Wamalwa's clerk obtained a date for the hearing of the chamber summons. That date was 6th February, 1996. On this date counsel for both the parties appeared before Bosire, J.…

…Ibrahim stated that that condition may remain in force pending the hearing and determination of the suit in the superior court.…

…The learned former Chief Justice, Simpson J as he then was, following a full hearing gave judgment on 25th May, 1979, in which he ordered that on receipt from the appellant of a sum of Kshs 1750/- the 1st respondent was to…

…completely overlooked the fact that on 31st July, 1984, Mr Mutungi also, who was then representing the appellant, had raised the matter of these two issues by way of preliminary objections before Masime, J, who was at that time hearing…

…It was ordered that the application be heard inter-partes on August 10 1988, on which date after the hearing inter-partes, the High court ordered that the ex parte order do remain in force and that the hearing interpartes…

…At the commencement of the hearing inter partes, Mr Alibhai for the defendants, raised a preliminary objection to the effect that as the appellant firm was under receivership, its directors could not bring an action against…

…Section 361(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code debars this Court from hearing his appeal against sentence. The appellant's appeal is therefore incompetent and the same is struck out.…

…We are concerned at the absence of a representative from the office of the Attorney General although that office was notified of the hearing date, for this appeal, on 11th August, 1999.…

…When the suit came up for hearing before Shields J. on 6th November, 1990 Mr. Lakha (as he then was) appearing with Mr.…

…When the suit came up for hearing proper for the first time the defendant took a preliminary point (objection in limine) that plaint did not disclose a cause of action.…

…Gatonye filed a formal application for stay of execution pending appeal and a temporary stay of execution pending appeal was granted pending the hearing of the application.…

…Gatonye filed a formal application for stay of execution pending appeal and a temporary stay of execution pending appeal was granted pending the hearing of the application.…

…The appellant’s Memorandum of Appeal to this Court was filed in its Nakuru sub-registry on January 23rd 1984, (almost another two months lost there) and we are now hearing this appeal 6 months later.…

…All this applies to the hearing of an appeal and not only a re-trial.…

…Accordingly, the judgment of the High Court is set aside and it is ordered that this appeal shall be listed before a different judge of the High Court for hearing according to law.…

…He held that this is a matter which should be decided by the Judge hearing the probate cause led by Wamaitha. There can be no doubt that in taking this view, the Judge was right.…

…The facts with which these proceedings are concerned have been the subject of a hearing before the superior court when the plaintis called twelve witnesses and the defendant called nine and the hearing took a total of 30…

…The application was mainly argued on the point of law as no defence had been filed and even if it was placed on the file at the time of the hearing it was never relied upon by the trial judge in her ruling.…

…Upon the inter partes hearing of the application the learned judge of the High Court in her ruling concluded that the suit against the respondent: “...discloses no reasonable cause of action, and is clearly frivolous and…

…At the hearing of the appeal a more careful case was presented.…