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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…By Section 3 (1) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act which confers jurisdiction on this Court: “The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from the courts of Kenya in cases in which an appeal…
…Jurisdiction is not the same thing as procedure. Procedural rules do not bestow jurisdiction”.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…This is so because the jurisdiction of this court is limited to the original and appellate jurisdictions of the superior court.…
…To bring in the intended defendant would be to extend that jurisdiction contrary to rule 73 of the Rules of this court.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…cited various Indian cases in support of his proposition that where in a rule the procedure to be adopted for a remedy is excluded, except in relation to the procedure laid down in the rule; in other words, the Court has no jurisdiction…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…There has been an irregularity in the pleadings but this Court will not usually interfere with a judgment if it is satised that there has been no failure of justice or lack of jurisdiction.…
Division and case type: Anti-CorruptionCivil Appeal
…client, but in my view we must treat each of the cases, not as a matter of form, not as a matter to be decided on the mere proof of a former acting for a client but, as a matter of substance, before we allow the special jurisdiction…