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…There is no appeal before us against liability as judgment on liability was entered by Consent and the suit proceeded only on assessment of damages.…

…The question of res IPSaLoquitus also arose in the case of Msuri Muhiddin v Nazzar Bin Saif (1960) E A 201 and there the question of what the defendant should do in order to avoid liability on a presumption of negligence…

…Sir Alistain Forbes V. – as he then was – said at page 207:- “In light of the dicta set out I accept (counsel for the respondents) proposition that the respondents can avoid liability if they can show either that there was…

…Liability 32. Having proved the fact of the accident and the demise of the Deceased as a result thereof, the next issue for determination would be the question of liability. 33.…

…On vicarious liability the Court of Appeal in the case of Tabitha Nduhi Kinyua v Francis Mutua Mbuvi & another [2014] eKLR stated as follows:- “The principle of vicarious liability is an anomaly in our law because it imposes…

…I think that such a waiver would not legally impose liability on defendant to refund the deposit contrary to the terms of the agreement of 20.11.85.…

…There would therefore be no liability against the defendant on the basis of pleadings.…

…having been found to be mere smokescreen defence and averments, they were struck out as shown and intended merely to postpone the inevitable pay-day, and as being an abuse of the process of the court; whereupon judgment on liability…

…Following that finding of liability, the plaintiff set down the case for assessment of damages. This judgment is in that respectively.…

…He was obviously referring to the issue of liability as he did say, and quite correctly in our view, that the issue of damages should proceed to proof by way of assessment of damages. Mr.…

…there was no denial at all of the allegation of the alleged wrongly dismissal and in any event there was no application made to the judge orally or otherwise to amend the defence, we see no point in letting the issue of liability…

…having been found to be mere smokescreen defence and averments, they were struck out as shown and intended merely to postpone the inevitable pay-day, and as being an abuse of the process of the court; whereupon judgment on liability…

…Following that finding of liability, the plaintiff set down the case for assessment of damages. This judgment is in that respectively.…

…In CivilApplication NO. 1871/85 in which Dugdale J. held inter alia: "The biggest problem in this case is that of vicarious liability.…

…Thereforevicarious liability cannot be attributed to the defendant and the claim mustfail". Mr.…

…The defendant’s appeal is against both liability and quantum. The plaintiff’s appeal is against quantum only. We shall deal first with the submissions made by Mr. Jiwaji, for the defendant.…

…The appeal against liability must fail and it is dismissed.…

…The documents filed on behalf of the petitioner in response to the application have not shown any admission of liability on behalf of the company. Invoices alone do not prove any indebtedness.…

…As the goods were supplied in 1996 to 1997, the company does not show liability has ever been disputed. In the application and affidavit, they do not show they are prepared to return the goods.…

…It is his stand that since the evidence is not challenged liability is established.…

…On the assessment of evidence on liability I find that the suit is not contested and in terms of Order 6 rule 9(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules the defendant is deemed to have admitted the allegations of the plaintiff save…

…I find that the evidence before me that liability has been admitted by the defendants at 85%. None of the parties mentioned whether the defendants No. 2 and 3 were prosecuted as stated in the plaint.…

…I hereby enter judgement for the plaintiff against the defendant on liability at the ratio of 15.85% as agreed by the parties.…

…The degree of liability was assessed at 65%. In this case the disability was not included by the doctor. In a summary:- I hereby enter judgement of the plaintiff on 100% liability against the defendants.…

…citing 4 grounds of appeal namely that the learned senior Resident Magistrate erred in law and in fact in failing to find that the plaintiff contributed to the said accident and thereby arrived at an erroneous decision on liability…

…I find that liability was well established as found by the trial magistrate that there is no denial that the respondent was an employee of the appellant and he was injured on duty and was paid workmans compensation.…

…The only question remaining in my mind as regards liability is what was the true effect of those findings?…

…To that extent only would I allow the appeal as regards liability.…

…On receipt of same, the company through its advocates denied liability and asked for particulars as to how the debt was incurred.…

…The company opposes the petition and liability on the grounds that it never requested for such services. At the hearing, Mr Ngunjiri advanced a number of arguments against the continuation of the petition.…

…However, such finding does not absolve the defendant from liability. Besides the speed, the court must consider whether he kept any proper look out or sufficient regard for the pedestrians crossing the road.…

…These grounds are mainly on liability and quantum of damages.…

…The appellant at first filed a defence denying liability to the respondent but when the case came up for hearing before the High Court (Aganyanya, J) on the 20th February, 1989, a consent order was entered and the terms of…

…that order were that judgment on liability was entered for the respondent and four medical reports were put in evidence without calling the doctors who had made them.…

….…………….PLAINTIFF VERSUS MIUGU GENERAL TRANSPORT CO LTD………………DEFENDANT JUDGMENT The plaintiff herein Chinga Tea Factory Company Ltd, a limited liability company, sued the defendant, Miugu General Transport Company Ltd, also…

…a limited liability company, for loss and damage caused to their consignment of 240 chests of tea which the defendant was transporting from the plaintiff’s factory at Chinga along the Murang’a/Chinga road for delivery to…