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…There was a further affidavit which he swore and filed on the morning of 24th May, 1989, the date this application came for hearing.…

…Two grounds were put forward in opposition of the application. The first ground was that the application is misconveived. The second one is that this Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the application. Mr.…

…The application was based on the supporting affidavit of Esther J. Keror filed on 11.11.2013 and the grounds set out in the application as follows: 1.…

…The application is tailored at buying time for the applicant and thus is an abuse of court process. 2.…

…NAIROBI/BLOCK 263/1163, in Nairobi pending the hearing and determination of the Application and Petition. f. The costs of this Application be provided for. 2.…

…Whether the Petitioner/Applicant is entitled to the orders sought in the application. b. Who shall bear the costs of the application? Analysis and Determination A.…

…It is apparent from the letter of consent that the application having been made on May 11, 1980, consent was not granted within three months.…

…If the application had failed by August then a new application could be made in September and that had not been granted in time. Unfortunately that is not the case.…

…When the summons came upon for interpartes hearing the parties’ advocates agreed by consent not to argue the application but left it to this court to make a decision on the basis of the application and affidavits for or against…

…The plaintiff opposed this application stating that judgment was entered by consent on 6th March, 2003 and the defendant has not paid a single penny as a sign of good faith towards reducing the debt.…

…However, rule 4 of Order 39 of the Civil Procedure Rules is wide andenough and covers the present application. It is as follows:- "4.…

…Any order for an injunction may bedischarged, or varied, or set aside by thecourt on application made thereto by anyparty dissatisfied with such order."…

…The application is premised on the grounds on the face of the application and is supported by the affidavit sworn by the applicant on 24th February, 2016.…

…The application is opposed. The respondent filed a replying affidavit on 4th March, 2016.…

…The succeeding advocate then filed an application asking the court to set aside the default judgment so that the defendant could file its defence. Held: 1.…

…The application concerned the exercise of judicial discretion under order IXA rule 10 and 11 of the Civil Procedure Rules even though these provisions were not shown in the chamber summons application. 2.…

…Efforts to get the respondent either produce the receipt for paying the court fees has been fruitless hence this application.…

…The respondent opposed the application on the grounds that it is for the court to show that fees was not paid.…

…The 1st Defendant vigorously opposes the application. He denies that there subsists a valid Taita Customary Law marriage between himself and the Plaintiff.…

…, it becomes self-evident that as I am not satisfied that the Applicant has any legal right she may have is at risk of serious prejudice, the application for the interlocutory relief cries out for dismissal.…

…As to the prayer for stay of execution and release of attached property that is to feature alongside a similar prayer in the second application of 13th November, 1995.In this application Mrs. Nzei argued that Mr. F. M.…

…So what is the fate of the applications herein or indeed the whole proceedings in the lower court in P.M.C.C.NO. 303/95? It is not in dispute that Mr.…

…It is with these principles in mind that I have to consider an application brought under certificate of urgency by the defendant in this case.…

…It is now the plaintiff’s case that circumstances surrounding the case between December 1996 when he brought his first application and 19.5.95 when he filed the present application have changed so drastically that if the…

….…………..RESPONDENTS RULING This application is brought by Chamber Summons under Order IXB rule 8 and O XXI rule 22 Civil Procedure Rules. The applicants are the defendants in the suit.…

…Thirdly, that provision be made for the costs of the application. The applicants essentially beg this court to exercise its judicial discretion in their favour.…

…As to the prayer for stay of execution and release of attached property that is to feature alongside a similar prayer in the second application of 13th November, 1995.In this application Mrs. Nzei argued that Mr. F. M.…

…So what is the fate of the applications herein or indeed the whole proceedings in the lower court in P.M.C.C.NO. 303/95? It is not in dispute that Mr.…

…It would perhaps have been more appropriate if an application had been made under section 9 or 12 of the Arbitration Act, to replace an arbitrator who had refused to act.…

…Next, the learned judge refused Mr Ghadialy’s fourth application for leave to withdraw from the suit. Kuloba J then proceeded to hear the evidence of the respondent.…

…The plaintiff contends that this term should have been abided by had the plaintiff only signed the loan application form from the plaintiff’s financier - the Premier Savings & Finance Limited of Mombasa, which, he asserts…

…I would be constrained to grant the injunction sought by this application.…

…The matter was before the Judge on July 9th, 1985 and the upshot was that the Judge granted the defendants’ application with costs.…

…Counsel urged that the Judge was invited to substitute the correct name and submitted that the Judge erred in refusing to do so without an application.…

…Both applications were heard together with a view to give a composite ruling. Mr.…

…It was not in doubt or disputed that when the Respondents filed their first application to set aside the award on or about 1st April 1998 30 days had long expired after the award was read on 22nd January 1998, The fresh application…

…So it would have been unfair and unjust to allow the application after such a long period. Nduhiu’s appeal was instituted on September 13, 1985.…

…Even the application to set it aside had not been made for four years. Order IXB rule 8 on August 2, 1979, which is the date when the application to set aside the judgment was filed, was this – “8.…