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…Amended pleadings in defence would be no more onerous than pleading to a new suit. Abortive pleadings to date can be compensated in costs.…

…The mere fact that the first respondent may succeed on the amended pleadings where it would have failed on the original pleadings is not an injustice to the appellant.…

…He suspects that the plaintiff’s allegations in her pleadings are because she is unhappy and angry that he is going to marry someone else. In this regard he has annexed her letter to him.…

…In the context of the pleadings filed herein, it has to be said that if the partnership is proved to have irretriveably broken down, as alleged by the plaintiff then the orders sought in the plaint will inevitably be granted…

…Looking at the pleadings before the court there can be no dispute that the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is in respect of Kshs 69,238.90 as the balance of the amount due from the defendant to the plaintiff in respect…

…Having considered the pleadings before the court and in view of the concise statement of the plaintiff’s claim and the defence filed herein in which the claim is denied in total, I am of the view that the other paragraphs…

…While it may be desirable to plead such an important point of law in one’s pleadings failure to do so in my view does not preclude the plaintiff from adducing and relying on such evidence.…

…Under order VI rule 3 Civil Procedure Rules a party need not plead evidence and under order VI rule 7 a party is at liberty to raise or leave out a point of law in his pleadings.…

…The appeal No. 53/93 filed by the applicant was on 27th July, 1999 struck out for failure to comply with Rule 85(1)(c) in that primary documents by way of pleadings were not included in the record.…

…From the pleadings before me, it is clear that the Plaintiff did not supply the particulars within the stipulated time. The Plaintiff supplied particulars on 4th July, 2008. That was 5 weeks after the time agreed.…

…The Plaintiff being dissatisfied with the particulars filed an application seeking to have the Defendant’s pleadings struck out. The Defendant’s Advocate did not appear for the hearing of the application.…

…I shall briefly now refer to the pleadings. The filed defence of the 1st respondent increased this sum to Shs 300,000/=.…

…I do not find favour with Mr Mithega’s submission that the Court has a duty to look at the pleadings and determine whether it has jurisdiction.…

…The prayer to sell by private treaty had been omitted and it is apparent from the pleadings that negotiations were underway to sell the property by private treaty but the defendant refused to release photostat copies of the…

…My reading of the pleadings in the present suit is that despite the fact that the plaintiffs obtained an injunction restraining the 2nd defendant from selling the property, it nevertheless went ahead and allowed the 1st defendant…

…These follow the usual, stereotyped, particulars of negligence which can be obtained from any book on pleadings and civil procedure.…

…Adogo said that if the overloading of the scrap metal on the tractor was the cause of the Appellant jumping off, then this was not pleaded and was another instance of the variation between the pleadings and the evidence which…

…Having considered the pleadings in this case the evidence of Hosider “Cawasji Bapuji Mistri (PW1) and the supporting documents I am satisfied that the plainuffs' claim has been sufficiently proved.…

…Civil Practice and Procedure – pleadings – striking out of pleadings – application to strike out plaint for not disclosing a cause of action – whether a party who has not been served with plaint can make such application…

…Mr Ombaka submitted that Order VI rule 13 (he actually said Order V rule 13) must be read in the context of the entire code and in particular to order VI rule 1 which empowers a party to amend once before the pleadings are…

…(iv) THAT I aver and affirm that parties are bound by their pleadings and that any evidence led by any of the parties which does not support the averments in the pleadings, or put in another way, which is at variance with…

…the averments of the pleadings goes to no issue and must be disregarded.…

…Before dealing with the important points of law raised in this appeal, it is necessary to set out the relevant facts which are established by the pleadings and by the evidence. 2.…

…There is in the Bankruptcy Notice no 10 file notice of appointment by the debtors advocates filed on 8/10/90 and also a letter by the Debtors advocates dated 15/10/90 asking for copies of the pleadings for service and action…

…Why would the debtors advocate file on 15/10/90 a letter asking the Registrar of this court to supply him with pleadings of the debtor had been served with Bankruptcy Notice and relevant documents on 29/9/90?…

…Civil Practice and Procedure – pleadings – striking out of pleadings – application to strike out plaint for not disclosing a cause of action – whether a party who has not been served with plaint can make such application…

…Mr Ombaka submitted that Order VI rule 13 (he actually said Order V rule 13) must be read in the context of the entire code and in particular to order VI rule 1 which empowers a party to amend once before the pleadings are…

…(iv) THAT I aver and affirm that parties are bound by their pleadings and that any evidence led by any of the parties which does not support the averments in the pleadings, or put in another way, which is at variance with…

…the averments of the pleadings goes to no issue and must be disregarded.…

…The 3rd defendant seeks dismissal of the suit on the basis that it is more than three months since the pleadings closed.…

…He was taken through the pleadings and the affidavits with their annexures.…

…So much for the pleadings, the correspondence, the proceedings in the High Court and the submissions of the advocates for the parties. The relevant law follows.…

…Against the foregoing background information as gleaned from the pleadings of both parties, the Plaintiffs have filed an interim application by way of notice of motion dated 29th June 2007 and filed the same date.…

…The Defendants on the other hand also rely on their pleadings, replying affidavit, their written skeleton arguments as well as Case Law.…