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…The agreed general damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities was £120,000.…

…General damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities was in December 1982 assessed at £50,000.…

…He claims general damages for this loss of time, For his time and effort spent on the re-negotiation of the loan facility with the lender, arising from the non-utilization of the offered loan facility within the specified…

…time limit, the court assesses general damages at a sum of Kshs.35,000/=.…

…Giving the best consideration to this aspect of the case, we thing that the figure of general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities should be reduced by one-half to shillings 600,000/=.…

…damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution as a result of an incident that occurred in August 1979 and which culminated in the arrest and subsequent prosecution of the plaintiff in Kitale Resident Magistrate…

…Accordingly the plaintiff claims special damages of Kshs 24,500 particulars of which are given in the plaint, and general damages the quantum of which is to be assessed by this court.…

…Theplaintiffs still claimed general damages injunction and costs. But they did not claim any special damages. The defendant filed an elaborate amended defence to the amended plaint.…

…Dhanji took a preliminary point to the effect (as far as can be made out from the notes made by the learned judge) that there can be no claim for general damages for inducing a breach of contract and that special damages…

…The respondent commenced proceedings in the superior court for damages for breach of contract, specific performance of the contract by execution of all necessary documents, general damages, exemplary damages, interests and…

…The applicant seeks an order for stay of execution of the interlocutory judgment in the sum of shs. 11,800,000/- as well as setting down the suit for hearing by way of formal proof for assessment of general and exemplary…

…That now leaves me with the question of general damages and costs.…

…So the plaintiff prays for judgment for that sum as general damages.…

…He then proceeded to award the respondent general damages of Shs. 35,000/- for pain and suffering. Dissatisfied with this decision, the appellant appeals to this court and puts forward seven grounds of appeal.…

…In regard to general damages, counsel was of the view that the award by the lower court was modest and that this court should not interfere with it.…

…He has also sought special and general damages and an order for specific performance of the agreement of sale.…

…He has also sought special and general damages and an order for specific performance of the agreement of sale.…

…In answer to those claims Mr Sampson held that the Appellant had not proved that he was entitled to any general damages for wrongful dismissal because it was not wrongful termination which had caused the Plaintiff to be unemployable…

…We take it that there is no appeal against the finding that the Plaintiff/Appellant is not entitled to an award for general damages.…

…He therefore prays for a permanent injunction to restrain him by himself, his servants or agents from stepping on the land; general damages for trespass to be assessed by this court; mesne profits to be determined by this…

…There is a further claim of general damages. Plaintiff’s evidence disclosed that by an agreement dated 20.11.85 (Ex1) defendant agreed to sell motor vehicle Reg No KWJ III to plaintiff at a price of Shs 220,000.…

…I could not have held defendant liable to pay general damages with regard to the interest charged on the loan obtained by plaintiff from KFC.…

…REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI CIVIL SUIT NO 2552 OF 1987 JAMES MUTULU OKUNNE ………………………………… PLAINTIFF VERSUS NZOIA SUGAR COMPANY LTD & ANOTHER….............DEFENDANTS JUDGMENT This is a suit for general damages…

…He assessed either shs 40 nominal damages or (shs 1,500) general damages. He did so, not being sure that Gibbons v Westminster Bank [1939] 2 K.B. 882 would be followed in Kenya.…

…One would have thought that the result would have been that the plaintiff, a trader, would have received general damages. Not so, he received nominal damages because the had proved no actual damage.…

…appeal is allowed only to the extent that the award of shs.80,000/= made under the Law Reform Act is set aside and there will be judgment for the respondent against the appellant in the sum of shs.460,500/= as follows: General…

…Damages - shs.432,000/= Special Damages - Shs. 28,500/= ------------- Total Shs.460,500/= ------------- The sum of shs.28,500/= will carry interest at 12% per annum from 15th September, 1989 until the date of payment and…

…The superior court had before it the task of assessing general damages under the two aforesaid Acts, and special damages. We will first deal with the claim under The Fatal Accidents Acts.…

…1568 OF 1982 DR SAMUEL MMBBURU………………………………………………..PLAINTIFF AND NDERITU NJUGUNA & 3 OTHERS……………………………………DEFENDANT JUDGMENT The plaintiff Dr Samuel Mburu (P W 1) brings this suit against the defendants seeking special and general…

…damages arising out of a fatal traffic accident which occurred on the 1st June 1981.…

…decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Mr Justice William Mbaya) dated 17th October, 1985 in HCC No 2153 of 1979) ***************************** JUDGMENT This appeal arises from the dismissal of a claim for inter alia general…

…damages prayed for in respect of sustained injury to the appellant’s (plaintiff’s) character, reputation and business credit, and the exposure to the suspicion, ridicule, contempt and disesteem of right thinking members…