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…Seventeen days after the judgment, however, Mr Macharia filed a summons in chambers expressed to be under Order IX B rule 8 Civil Procedure Rules asking for the judgment and order of June 11, 1979 to be set aside.…

…Directions under Order 51 Civil Procedure Rules having not been given or dispensed with the hearing should not have taken place; 3. Mr Justice J S Patel had failed to exercise his discretion judicially.…

…There is no point of law raised within the meaning of Section 72 of the Civil Procedure Act (Cap 21).…

….…………..RESPONDENTS RULING This application is brought by Chamber Summons under Order IXB rule 8 and O XXI rule 22 Civil Procedure Rules. The applicants are the defendants in the suit.…

…Service of court processes by post to advocates after appearance is provided for under Order IX rule 7 (1) Civil Procedure Rules.…

…1990, and; therefore, it would be an exercise in futility and prejudicial to the applicant if the respondent was given an extension for time to perfect his appeal in view of the provisions of Order 45 rule 17(2) of the Civil…

…Procedure Rules.…

…Mr Obhrai contends that this was not incompliance with order III rule 6 and 7 of the Civil Procedure Rules.…

…done in this case I still fail to find, either in the affidavits filed in support of the application or in the submissions of Mr Obhrai, any feature which brings the application within the ambit of order XLIV rule 1 of the Civil…

…The application is brought under order XXI r 56 of the Civil Procedure Code. The objector is Stephen Sururu Ole Mpakuanik.…

…DEFENDANT R U L I N G The defendant invoked the discretionary power of this court under Order XX rule 11 (2) of the civil Procedure rules by filing a chamber summons dated 10th September, 2003 in which he sought to liquidate…

…RESPONDENT RULING By a motion on notice dated 15th March, 1989, the plaintiff applied for judgment for Kshs 135,230/- under order XXIV rule 6 Civil Procedure Rules.…

…This application by way of notice of motion is brought to the Court Under Order XXXV Rules 1 and 2 of the Civil Procedure rules.…

…DEFENDANT R U L I N G Under O.38 r 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules this court may at any stage of proceedings upon being satisfied either by Affidavit or otherwise that the defendant with intent to obstruct or delay the execution…

…The costs of such attachment shall be borne by the Plaintiff/Applicant I decline to grant the prayer that the Kenya police be involved in this civil matter.…

…The appellant filed a defence but the respondent immediately moved the High Court under order 6 rule 13 of the Civil Procedure (Revised) Rules for that defence to be struck out on the grounds that it disclosed no reasonable…

…the defendant’s own affidavit as adumberated above, this is a case where the defendant is grossly guilty of abusing the process of Court, the defence is one which is absolutely vexatious and must be struck out under the Civil…

…Procedure Rules order VI rule 6.…

…Since the defendant has already filed his defence, parties are directed to comply fully with Order 11 of the Civil Procedure Rules and take a date for pretrial within 90 days from the date hereof. Orders accordingly.…

…Such interpretation accords with the overriding objective of the Civil Procedure Act as well as the rationale for the provisions of Article 22 (3) criteria for rules to provide access to the court for enforcement of the Bill…

…Such a course of action has analogy in Order 37 Rules 18 and 19 of the Civil Procedure Rules which provide for additional evidence to be taken in cases commenced by Originating Summons supported by affidavit and for the court…

…That defence naturally triggered off an application for summary judgment by the respondents under order 35 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules.…

…(Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act refers).…

…The means provided by these statutes is a special action on the case which means nowadays in Kenya an action brought by plaint under the Civil Procedure Act.…

…The rule 14 (2) does not require personal service, for comparison only as to where the law requires personal service, it is to be seen that the provisions of Civil Procedure Rule order V rule 9 provides “Wherever it is practicable…

…For example order 5 Civil Procedure Rules dealing with service of summons in ordinary cases dealing with mode of service directs rule 7.…

…The decision was given on a chamber summons taken out by the defendants under Order 6 rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules (the Rules) against the plaintiff for orders that: (1) the plaintiff has no cause of action against…