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…, which in my view can have no other meaning than a reference to the hearing of the petition and not, for instance, to the hearing of an application such as that with which we are concerned in the present case.…

…The consequence of a breach of the rule is that the hearing of the petition is cancelled.…

…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.…

…Khaminwa, complained at the start of the hearing of the appeal that the record of appeal contains illegible pages which rendered the record of appeal incompetent. He relied on Rule 13 of the Rules of this Court. Mr.…

…This appeal to be listed for hearing during the next session in Mombasa. Dated and delivered at Mombasa this 26th day of July, 1995 J. M. GACHUHI ………………….. JUDGE OF APPEAL R. S. C. OMOLO …………………. JUDGE OF APPEAL A. A.…

…Khaminwa, complained at the start of the hearing of the appeal that the record of appeal contains illegible pages which rendered the record of appeal incompetent. He relied on Rule 13 of the Rules of this Court. Mr.…

…This appeal to be listed for hearing during the next session in Mombasa. Dated and delivered at Mombasa this 26th day of July, 1995 J. M. GACHUHI ………………….. JUDGE OF APPEAL R. S. C. OMOLO …………………. JUDGE OF APPEAL A. A.…

…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.…

…That application came up for hearing before a single judge of this Court (Muli, J.A.), who on 2nd June, 1993 granted the extension sought and ordered further that the intended appeal be filed within 60 days from the date…

…Civil Appeal No. 34 of 1994 came up for hearing first on 17th July, 1997 when the court drew the attention of the applicant's counsel to the fact that order of Muli J.A extending time to file the notice and the record of…

…On December 17, 1986, the High Court (Kwach Commissioner) dismissed an application for injunction brought against the respondent after a hearing inter partes.…

…We also discharge and revoke the stay of execution granted by this Court pending the hearing and determination of the appeal. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 13th day of July , 1988 F.K.…

…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.…

…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.…

…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.…

…When the appeal came for hearing before us, Mr Chunga the Deputy Public Prosecutor, raised a preliminary objection under section 348 of the Criminal Procedure Code to the effect that the intended appeal by the appellant against…

…As to that aspect of the appeal we shalt revert later after hearing both counsel on the matter.…

…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.…

…The hearing before this Court, is the appeal by the appellant against the judgment of the learned judge of the High Court. His twelve grounds of appeal can be distilled into two main grounds.…

…afforded reasonable facilities to consult a legal representative of his own choice who shall be permitted to make representations to the tribunal appointed for the review of the case of the detained person; and (e) at the hearing…