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…The defendants have accepted their full liability for the negligence which resulted in the collision and so this case comes to me solely for assessment of damages to be paid to the plaintiff as compensation for the injuries…

…The parties have agreed that subject to the question of liability the quantum of general damages should be Kshs 7,500 for each plaintiff and Kshs 2,105 as special damages for both of them.…

…On this point I have derived substantial benefit from two books titled “The Law of Master and Servant” by Francis Raleigh Batt 4th Edition by George J Webber and “The Employers Liability” at Common Law” by John Munkman: The…

…To escape liability, the defendant would have to show that there was a probable cause of accident which does not connote negligence or that the explanation for the accident was consistent only with the absence of negligence…

…Either interlocutory judgment has been entered and damages remain to be assessed, or there is an ex parte hearing of all the issues on liability and damages.…

…Four of the relevant agreed issues regarding liability are:- 1.…

…It is that “where the circumstances of the accident gives rise to the inference of negligence, then the defendant, in order to escape liability, has to show that there was a probable cause of the accident which does not connote…

…The issue as framed assumes that there was in fact an accident on the 9th June, 1988 as pleaded in paragraph 3 of the plaint and that the only thing denied was liability for that accident.…

…Therefore, the proceedings were privileged under the National Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act, and did not attract civil or criminal liability.…

…The applicants submit that the proceedings were privilegedunder the National Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act (Cap. 6, Laws ofKenya), and did not attract civil or criminal liability; and hence the Courts have no jurisdiction…

…Admiralty Law - goods supplied to a third party stored in a vessel – liability of goods supplied to a third party stored in a vessel - whether vessel owner incurs liability for the price of the goods – English Supreme Court…

…Whether a vessel owner incurred liability for the price of the goods supplied to a third party stored in the vessel. iii. What was the consequence of non-disclosure of facts in an application for ex parte injunctions.…