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…substituted service through the print media and the application was xed for hearing today. 5.…

…Njoroge then made an application for adjournment on two main grounds:- 1.…

…The background to this application is that the principal applicant in this miscellaneous cause (Pius Wamalabe) filed an application dated 10/6/04 under S.146 (Cap 242) and S. 3A Civil Procedure Act seeking orders that the…

…On 11-6-04 Khaminwa J certified the application urgent and directed that the application be served on the Hon. The Attorney General and all interested parties. It was to be heard on 21-6-04.…

…Although Mr Mburu Kariuki opposes this application on the grounds that the application is misconceived and bad in law; that the application has been overtaken by events as attachment of the defendant’s property has been effected…

…and that there are no chances of the appeal succeeding, I think most of those matters are not relevant factors for consideration in this application.…

…that the application is incompetent .…

…The application comeslate because in execution of that same order of mandamus the 17.…

…DEBTOR RULING This is an application by the objector to the attachment of motor vehicle KXK 245 in execution of the decree in this suit. The application is brought under order XXI r 56 of the Civil Procedure Code.…

…This is an application by Messrs A Y A Jiwaji & Jiwaji who are now acting for the defendant for dismissal of this suit for want of prosecution.…

…That application was listed for hearing on April 14, 1983.…

…The Application is supported by the affidavit of the second defendant.…

…We have not been told why they did not oppose the application. The defence was struck out on the 23rd November 2000. This application was not brought until the 3rd August 2005 after execution had issued.…

…The first one is that the learned Principal magistrate erred in proceeding to hear the two applications in the face of the stay order in HC Misc. Civil Application Number 261 of 2006.…

…The second issue that the Appellant was not given sufficient notice for the hearing of the applications has equally no merit. The applications had been served much earlier.…

…APPLICANT VERSUS REPUBLIC …………………………………………………………… RESPONDENT R U L I N G By an application dated 14th July 2005 brought under section 357 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, David Wainaina Mubea (hereinafter referred to as…

…I have considered the application, the grounds of appeal and the proceedings. At this stage I can only state that the appeal raises arguable issues.…

…Twelve months elapsed before an application was brought. An application was brought after the suit had abated. The application was not argued.…

…Had the parties not entered into a consent order with regard to the orders which were sought in that application the court would have considered the application on the merits.…

…The application is supported by the affidavit of one Yasmin Abdulkarim Ali, who was the then advocate for the plaintiff when the application was filed.…

…Mr Congo argued the application before me. No other affidavit apart from that sworn by Mrs Ali was filed on behalf of the plaintiff. The defendant, Container Freight Co Ltd, opposes the application.…

…The defendants brought ann application seeking security for costs under Order XXV rule 1 and section 401 of the Companies Act.…

…The application is brought under order XXV r1 of the Civil Procedure Rules and s 401 of the Companies. Nothing specifically turns on the rules under which the application has been filed.…

….…….3RD DEFENDANT RULING AND/OR DIRECTIONS A fundamental issue has arisen in respect of the application dated 30.10.2010 by the 1st Defendant and which all parties agree will have crucial consequences or ramifications depending…

…In particular the court will have to be told the possible effect of this on the 3 pending applications and the entire suit. Dated at Mombasa this 16th day of December 2010. M.K. IBRAHIM J U D G E…

…“If no affidavit and no statement under sub rule 1 is filed an order may be made on the application ex parte.” I accordingly gave summary judgment to the plaintiff as prayed in the plaint.…

…Unless the directors of the objector, who had been parties to the application which culminated in that ruling, succeeded on appeal and had that ruling set aside I am bound to find and hold that objection against the attachment…

….… RESPONDENT RULING This is an application by the defendant in the suit that the ex-parte judgment entered against him on 25/2/88 be set aside on the grounds that he was never served with summons to enter appearance and…

…I allow the application, set aside the ex-parte judgment entered on 25/2/ 88 and the execution thereon.…

…Application granted. Order: Further to the court’s order of 5.7.93, the owner of land 986 Eliud N. Gituto or his agent/servant be herein present in order to ascertain the boundary. Eliud N.…

…NAIROBI/BLOCK 263/1163, in Nairobi pending the hearing and determination of the Application and Petition. f. The costs of this Application be provided for. 2.…

…Whether the Petitioner/Applicant is entitled to the orders sought in the application. b. Who shall bear the costs of the application? Analysis and Determination A.…

…When the summons came upon for interpartes hearing the parties’ advocates agreed by consent not to argue the application but left it to this court to make a decision on the basis of the application and affidavits for or against…

…The plaintiff opposed this application stating that judgment was entered by consent on 6th March, 2003 and the defendant has not paid a single penny as a sign of good faith towards reducing the debt.…

…It is apparent from the letter of consent that the application having been made on May 11, 1980, consent was not granted within three months.…

…If the application had failed by August then a new application could be made in September and that had not been granted in time. Unfortunately that is not the case.…