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Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…The former Court of Appeal for East Africa in Osongo and another v Republic , (1972) E A 170, 171 E and F, which was a reference to the full court, said that, it could not agree that if those words had not been used in the…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…For the purposes of this appeal it is not necessary for me to go into the full facts as deponed to by the contesting parties but reference to certain salient facts will be useful.…
…Notwithstanding this, our clients would be prepared to consider a reference to arbitration provided three preconditions are satisfied.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…As the trial proceeded, there were references to the assessors as being recalled though there was no record of the time and at what stage of the proceeding they were requested to leave the court.…
…No reference is made of it in the judgment. The trial judge ought to have considered it. Failure to consider the defence is contrary to natural justice and unsettles the judgment Okethi Okale v Republic [1965] EA 555.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…appeal by the defendant (appellant) from the decision of the superior court (late Bhandari, J) whereby he decreed specific performance to the second plaintiff (second respondent) to transfer to him the land known as Land Reference…
…regard to the surrounding facts leading to the formation of the agreement we are satisfied that the reality of the matter was that the second respondent so subscribing himself was acting as a principal, and this was so as no reference…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…We think the reference to a quarrel as an afterthought put forward for the reason we have stated, otherwise it would have formed a part of the appellant's statement which he made to the police on the day of the killing.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…Until the court on a reference finally decides on whether a valid notice of appeal is also struck out along with an incompetent appeal, I would not like to express my views. However, even if we suppose that Mr.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Until the court on a reference finally decides on whether a valid notice of appeal is also struck out along with an incompetent appeal, I would not like to express my views. However, even if we suppose that Mr.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…area does not constitute an "other disposal of or dealing" for the purposes of section 6(1)(a) of the Land Control Act and, therefore, does not require the consent of the local land control board; and the absence of any reference…
…to the trust in the instrument of acquisition of the land does not affect the enforceability of the trust as the provisions of section 126(1) of the Registered Land Act as to the reference to the capacity as trustee in the…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The application for the proposed amendment which has not been heard seeks to delete reference to section 143. But prayers 3, 4 and 5 are identical as in the original Originating Summons.…
…At the hearing of this appeal on 28th and 29th April, 1994, Mr Nowrojee who appeared with Mr Ritho for the appellants without reference to any of the appellants’ seventeen grounds of appeal submitted that the learned judge…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Reference was made to section 27(1) of the same Act and its terms are:- “27(1) Section 4(2) does not afford a defence to an action founded on tort where:- (a) the action is for damages for negligence, nuisance or breach of…
…Since, however, this aspect of the case was conceded by Mr Aboo the reference to these decisions did not take us very much further.…
Division and case type: CivilCase number Civil Application
…by order extend the time limited by these Rules, or by any decision of the court or of a superior court for the doing of any act authorized or required by these Rules whether before or after the doing of the act, and a reference…
Division and case type: CivilCase number Civil Application
…I would add that the reference in Rule 74(6) to Form D in the first schedule to the Rules of this Court is to provide guidance as to the proper contents of the actual notice of appeal and has nothing to do with the endorsement…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…This submission is based on the belief that document signed by the appellant at the request of Mr Woodgates and to which I have already made reference was a legal discharge.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…No reference to section 38 of the Act was made in the said summons. However, the appellant’s claim to the suit land was clearly pursuant to the provisions of this section.…
…The appellant’s entire affidavit makes no reference to a certified extract of title to land parcel No E Wanga/Isongo/ 1512 out of which the suit land is claimed. None appears to have been annexed thereto.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…These are headed with references to the Council and the Ninth Schedule of the Trade and Market By-Laws of 1969.…
…They acknowledge receipt of Kshs 50 for some fee and go on to mention M'Mukanya and Nyamu as bearers of those documents who had been allocated a plot at this market and then follows a reference to the (Council?)…
Division and case type: CivilCase number Civil Application
…Reference to the full bench explained. July 30,1987 PLATT JA…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Section 30 of the Limitation of Actions Act is as follows:- “30(1) In sections 27, 28 and 29 of the Act, any reference for the material facts relating to a cause of action is a reference to one or more of the following:-…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Sub-section (1) (2) and (3) of section 30 of the Act provide; 30. (1) In sections 27, 28 and 29 of this Act, any reference to the material facts relating to a cause of action is a reference to one or more of the following…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Mr Akhaabi conceded that the defence witness (DW2) had said that there was some money collected and missing during that period that is during 1965 and 1966 but, with reference to the events at the meeting, the witness had…
Division and case type: CivilCase number Civil Application
…The application made under rule 4 of the Rules is to be viewed by reference to the underlying principles of justice. In applying the criteria of justice, several factors ought to be taken into account.…