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Division and case type: Milimani Commercial CourtsUnclassified
………………RESPONDENT RULING Before me is a notice of motion filed pursuant to Section 18 (1)(b) of the Civil Procedure Act.…
…Section 15 of the Civil Procedure Act limits the court’s territorial jurisdiction in regard to where civil suits can be filed by plaintiffs against defendants.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Mr Kinyanjui submitted that, taking into account the definition of the word “decree” in section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act (cap 21), judgment includes a dismissal of a suit under rule 4 of order IXB, but it did not include…
…The Civil Procedure Act does not define the word “judgment”.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…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”.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…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…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…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).…