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…Nagpal, for the Respondent to this application, has taken preliminary objection which, he says, goes to the jurisdiction of this court.…

…1983, and which the Respondent sought to continue when the matter came before porter J, inter partes, and the replacement of the late Mr Humphrey Slade by Mr R E G Rusell, to whom, there is, personally, stated to be no objection…

…A preliminary objection is in the nature of what used to be a demurrer. It raises a pure point of law which Is argued on the assumption that all the facts pleaded by the other side are correct.…

…The improper raising of points by way of preliminary objection does nothing but unnecessarily increase costs and, on occasion, confuse the issues. This improper practice should stop.”…

…Mr Lee Muthoga who acted for the respondent in the High Court, also appearing before us, has raised a preliminary objection to say that the appeal is incompetent for at least the following four reasons: 1.…

…We will first deal with the third and fourth objections.…

…No evidence was adduced to show that any objection was made in respect of the material parcel of land. It is notoriously dicult for there to be no objection after the publication of a register if there are errors.…

…Even testing the situation here against the requirement of the matter being directly and substantially in issue, the objection raised becomes difficult to sustain.…

…So on this objection what is favorable to the respondents seems to be the sameness of the land and applicant. The other aspects from which one should be made to apply the doctrine of res judicata, are missing.…

…Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Judge upon any objection referred to such Judge under subsection 92) may, with leave of the Judge, but not otherwise, appeal to the Court of Appeal. 4.…

…The above provision is the procedure for lodging objections to the decisions of the Taxing Ocer.…

…The gist of his objection is that under para A6(a) Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the said Act any dispute or difference should in the first instance be referred to a board appointed under the said Act.…

…I therefore dismiss the preliminary objection with costs. The plaintiff may now set down his application for an order to strike out the defence for hearing.…

…A preliminary objection to the entertainment of the appeal was upheld and the appeal was dismissed in limine.…

…So if the holdings in these cases still stand, the appellant can have no valid answer to the preliminary objection.…

…A preliminary objection to the entertainment of the appeal was upheld and the appeal was dismissed in limine.…

…So if the holdings in these cases still stand, the appellant can have no valid answer to the preliminary objection.…

…Starting with the first objection to the petition herein, namely that the petition was not sealed or signed by a court official, it is observed from the record copy of the petition on the file is duly sealed and signed by…

…I therefore find no merit in this objection. The second one is that a statutory notice was not given of 21 days. I think this is a misunderstanding of the relevant section.…

…Indeed, save for what appears in the ruling of the superior court annexed to their affidavit in support of this application, the overall effect of the preliminary objection taken by the applicants in that court to their case…

…It seems to me that it is the rejection of their preliminary objection in the superior court that is the subjectmatter of the applicants' intended appeal in respect of which this application is made.…

…By a notice of objection dated December 2, 1986, Mr Chunga, Assistant Deputy Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Attorney-General gave notice that the Republic would raise a preliminary objection under section 348 of the…

…The two issues could not be considered separately since the very point on which the appellant wanted to adduce additional evidence was the very point relied on by Mr Chunga as the basis of his preliminary objection viz the…

…On this day, the only Respondent who made an appearance is the 1stRespondent, the Attorney General who has led a Notice if Preliminary Objection raising jurisdictional issues. 6. Mr.…

…That he had not had enough time to prepare for his Preliminary Objection and that he needed time to prepare and le his authorities and to serve the same on the applicant. 2.…

…At the beginning of the subsequent, inter partes hearing of the related application, a preliminary objection was raised on behalf of the 2nd respondent that the applicants had no locus standi to bring the action they had…

…This same ground was among the grounds of objection filed on behalf of the 1st sefendant.…

…Mwirichia for the debtor has raised a preliminary objection to the validity of the application.…

…Before I deal with this objection I shall hereunder briefly set out the history of this matter:- On 30th November, 1988 receiving order was made against the official receiver was constituted as receiver of the debtor estate…

…Mr A A Esmail acting for the Petitioning Creditor has raised a preliminary objection that Mr Khaminwa could not have acted on behalf of the Company which is already in the control of the provisional liquidator (hereinafter…

…More so because he is the receiver and manager of its assets, I therefore uphold Mr Esmail’ preliminary objection and dismiss the application before me with costs as it does not lie.…

…He did not readily have authority to buttress his objection. So he requested for time to conduct a research on the matter. He was allowed time up to 4th May, 1989, when the application next came for a hearing.…

…Accordingly the preliminary objection succeeds. The correspondence must be and are hereby expunged. Order accordingly. Dated and Delivered at Mombasa this 18th Day of May, 1989 S.E.O. BOSIRE ……….......….. JUDGE…

…At the commencement of the trial on 12th August, 1992, counsel for the appellant raised a preliminary objection and asked for the suit to be struck out on the ground that it had been prematurely brought without the dispute…

…The Judge overruled the objection because he found as a fact that the appellant had not complied with the mandatory provisions of section 6 of the Arbitration Act (Cap 49).…

…The High Court after hearing argument from both Counsel for the Defendant and for the plaintiff dismissed the preliminary objection. Hence the filing of this appeal.…

…The same complaint is levied against the Judge who heard and dismissed the preliminary objection. Why is it that the court is said to have gone wrong in allowing the exparte application?…