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…The Applicant/Respondent urges that the Chamber Summons be dismissed with costs. The Chamber Summons dated 26 th March 2025 is yet to be determined. Only prayer two of that application has been granted in the meantime.…

…In my view, the issues raised in the Grounds of Opposition shall be addressed during the hearing and determination of the Chamber Summons.…

…This court was moved by way of a Chamber Summons dated 15.10.24. 3. When the case was mentioned on 27.3.25 the Applicants moved the court orally for an order to issue to allow the amendment of the Chamber summons.…

…This court is satisfied that in so far as Judicial Review Applications are concerned, a Chamber Summons is a pleading given the fact that judicial review suits are instituted by way of a Chamber Summons whenever an applicant…

……DEFENDANT RULING In this application (by chamber summons dated 7th October, 2005) the Defendant, RAJ PARMAR, seeks an order that the Plaintiff, ALUTA HOLDINGS LTD, do serve the Defendant particulars of the plaint as requested…

…This is a Chambers Recess Ruling with respect to the Petitioners/Applicants' Chamber Summons dated 19/12/2025.…

…The Chamber Summons seeks three substantive orders, namely: (i) that the Chamber Summons be certified as urgent and it be heard and determined forthwith, (ii) the Notice of Motion Application dated 19/12/2025 be heard and…

…It thus cannot dispose of the application at this stage . 2.On the form of appeal the said rule 55 (5) provides that the appeal shall be by way of chamber summons .…

…The applicant submitted that she moved the court by way of a chamber summons and if there is any defect then the same is curable under Article 159 of the constitution . 3.…

…This is an application by way of Chamber Summons under the provisions of Section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act, inherent jurisdiction of the court, the Winding Up rules and all enabling provisions of law for orders that the…

…The Chamber Summons sought a total of seven orders, two of which are spent.…

…Having considered the Chamber Summons and its Supporting Affidavit, the Replying Affidavit, and the written submissions of both Parties, it is clear to me that the Chamber Summons delves into matters that are better canvassed…

…The Chamber Summons dated 18/11/2022 came up for hearing today; having previously come up twice for hearing with no appearance for the Respondents. Senior Counsel Dr.…

…The Replying Affidavit is an insufficient answer to the Chamber Summons dated 18/11/2022 and it is not a rebuttal of the same.…

…The chamber summons dated 5/1/2026 seeking leave of Court to consider the Chamber summons dated 2/1/2026 during the recess is hereby certified as urgent and the applicant's application to be heard during the recess is allowed…

…In the premises, I hereby grant leave to the applicant to file a substantive motion as sought in the chamber summons dated 2/1/2026. 5.…

…I have perused the chamber summons dated 22nd December, 2025 brought under certificate of urgency under the recess rules of the High Court.. 2.I grant leave to be considered during the recess.…

…The main chamber summons for leave application is however not certified as urgent. 3.…

…Upon consideration of the application, I note that the same is titled as an amended Chamber Summons and the amendment introduces a prayer for orders of stay of execution.…

…It is instructive to note the filing of the Chamber Summons is a prerequisite for admission of a substantive application for hearing during the High Court Recess.…

…'I have looked at the Applicant''s Ex parte Chamber Summons application dated and filed on 14th November 2025 and the Supporting Affidavit of Dr Martin Oloo that was sworn on even date and the enclosures therein and have…

…The only application that is on the file is an Ex parte Chamber Summons application dated and filed on 14th November 2025.…

…a date for mention, for directions on the disposal of the chamber summons. 7.…

…The matter was placed before me, on 13th April 2026, and I allocated it a date, for ruling, to dispose of the ex parte chamber summons, dated 1st January 2026. 8.…

…The Applicant has urged the Court to find that it lacks the requisite jurisdiction to determine the motion filed by the Respondent before this court in a document titled “Chamber Summons (Memorandum of Appeal)” filed on 1st…

…I agree with the argument put forward by the Applicant that the document filed by the Respondent and titled Chamber Summons (Memorandum of Appeal) sends mixed signal and is unknown in law.…

…The Applicant has urged the Court to find that it lacks the requisite jurisdiction to determine the motion filed by the Respondent before this court in a document titled “Chamber Summons (Memorandum of Appeal)” filed on 1st…

…I agree with the argument put forward by the Applicant that the document filed by the Respondent and titled Chamber Summons (Memorandum of Appeal) sends mixed signal and is unknown in law.…

…I therefore decline to certify the chamber summons application as urgent.…

…On whether I should grant leave to the ex parte applicant to apply for the judicial review orders of certiorari and prohibition as sought in prayers 2 (i)-(iii) the chamber summons dated 12/2/2025, I find that this is an…

…I have looked at the Ex parte Applicant's Chamber Summons application dated 18th April 2024 and filed on 22nd April 2024 and the Verifying Affidavit of Edwin Masavo that was sworn on 18th April 2024 in support thereof and…

…the enclosures therein and noted that the said Chamber Summons application that was seeking leave to apply for an order for mandamus against the Respondents herein ought to have been filed in a Miscellaenous file and not…

…The PO was raised against the Applicant’s Chamber Summons application dated 29th November 2023.…

…The submissions by the Respondents relate to the Chamber Summons and not the PO. Those of the Applicants are a mixture of the issues touching on the PO and the Application.…

…I directed, instead, that the filings, dated 11th June 2026, be served on the respondents, and that the ex parte chamber summons be argued orally, on 22nd June 2026. 2.…

…I shall, as I hereby do, accordingly, grant the leave sought, in terms of prayer 2 of the said ex parte chamber summons.…