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…No 56 of 1986 dated 30th March 1986) The six-month limitation period for applying for leave to seek an order of certiorari under the Law Reform Act is mandatory The application concerned leave to commence judicial review proceedings…

….4TH CONTRIBUTOR/OBJECTOR EDWARD KINGS ONYANCHA MAINA....................................................5TH CONTRIBUTOR/OBJECTOR RULING The Applicant, Edward Kings Onyancha Maina, is the 5th Contributor in this winding up proceedings…

…This is an application by the defendants in these proceedings in which I am asked to order that the plaintiff do furnish security for all costs of the defendant.…

…credible evidence of a civil engineer who is also the vice chairman of the Institution of Civil Engineers Mombasa branch and who practised his profession for 32 years is that when excavations of the sort described in these proceedings…

…This question raised tremendous controversy in the proceedings, and in the process occassioned delay in disposing of the suit.…

…The petitioner states that her consent was fraudulently obtained as:- (i) She did not understand the language in which the marriage proceedings were conducted.…

…What the appellants stated in their claim presented by Noah’s evidence in the proceedings before the committee and produced as Exhibits marked D9 is this: “I claim from Ainea my father’s piece of land, simply because he has…

…On these facts, it seems, whatever may have been the original nature of the title acquired by the parties, since the dispute of 1947, 1958 and their settlements and the Land Adjudication proceedings of 1967 which resulted…

…An analogy may also be drawn from the area of reinstating proceedings which have been determined, that is setting aside of orders already made. In the case of SHABIR DIN V. RAM PRAKASH ANAND cited in MAINA V.…

…Finally counsel submitted that the learned judge ought to have taken into account the conduct of the respondent before and during the proceedings as an aggravating factor in making an award of damages.…

…DEFENDANT R U L I N G Under O.38 r 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules this court may at any stage of proceedings upon being satisfied either by Affidavit or otherwise that the defendant with intent to obstruct or delay the execution…

…Plaintiff thought D.W.1 is an employee of the Government of Kenya, the Plaintiff instituted this suit against the Defendant, the Attorney-General, under and in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Government Proceedings…

…D.W.1 in turn denied before me that an accident ever took place or that he was ever made aware of it that morning.In support of this contention, he produced proceedings in the Court of the Resident Magistrate at Kilifi (Exh.D…

…It appears from the proceedings that on December 23, 1985 the respondent applied for judgment in default of the appellant entering an appearance or filing a defence.…

…But an affidavit of the process server is admissible in evidence and in the absence of contest it would normally be considered sufficient evidence of the regularity of the proceedings.…

…Secondly that this 2ndand 3rdRespondents are crucial parties whose involvement and participation in these proceedings are necessary.He said that in fact that they were the principal Respondents in this matter. 7. Mr.…

…Regarding stay of execution Order 42 Rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules governs the conditions to be met by a party to the proceedings seeking stay of execution of the Judgment.…

…magistrate was entitled to take over under section 200(1) of the Code, but in doing so he was duty bound to comply with section 20083) of the same Code which provides:- “Where a succeeding magistrate commences the hearing of proceedings…

…As I understand it, leave to appeal from an order in civil proceedings will normally be granted where prima facie it appears that there are grounds of appeal which merit serious judicial considerations but where, as in the…

…Justice Act 1948 a conviction of an offender followed by an order placing the offender on probation or discharging him absolutely or conditionally, had to be deemed to be no conviction, except for the purposes of those proceedings…

…Civil suits and proceedings relating to the title to or the possession of, land, or to the title to a lease or charge, registered under this Act, or to any interest in such land, lease or charge, being an interest which is…

…(ix) Rule 29 of the Elections (Parliamentary and county Election)Petition Rules, 2017 provides thus: 1) the parties to the proceedings may apply for scrutiny of the votes for purposes of establishing the valid votes cast…

…Rule 29 of the Elections (Parliamentary and County Elections) Petition Rules, 2017 provides as follows:- "Scrutiny of votes (1) The parties to the proceedings may apply for scrutiny of the votes for purposes of establishing…

…over 9 years later, the applicant filed an application by notice of motion under Section 3A Civil Procedure Act for directions regarding the hearing of the appeal and for an order that the appeal be heard without copies of proceedings…