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…The second appellant is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya practising in Nairobi and acts for Daima Bank. The third appellant is a court broker and an auctioneer.…

…The respondent is also an advocate of the High Court of Kenya also practising in Nairobi. At the centre of the dispute in this litigation are a mortgage over L.R.…

…The learned advocate also argued that the applicant suffered from high hypertension and diabetes. He submitted to the Court a certificate in support of that submission.…

…To be honest this stand by the learned advocate for the applicant left me with surprise.…

…To this end, K Mwaura & Company Advocates (the advocates), were instructed by the proprietors to find a buyer.…

…He saw that the price at which the plot was to be sold was Kshs 550,000/- and he must have seen that the respondent was the buyer and the advocates acting for both the respondent and the sellers were M/s K Mwaura & Co Advocates…

…After listening to the submissions of the appellant’s then advocate Mr. Gekonge, on whether the appellant had a case to answer on the charge of murder, the learned Judge called upon the appellant to defend himself.…

…On the latter date the learned Judge’s record shows that the appellant’s advocate was not present in court as “Advocates are on strike.” The matter was again adjourned to 7th November, 2007 for mention.…

…Dias, advocate for the appellant, Galaxy Paints Company Limited, moves the court for the following orders that: The Honourable Judges of Appeal, Mr Justice Kwach and Mr Justice Lakha who are on this present Bench, do disqualify…

…Dias Advocate, P. O. Box 44016, NAIROBI . Dear Madam, RE: CLAIM NO. CL/B/125 C. A. NO. 219/1998 This matter is coming up for hearing on 24th May, 1999.…

…In fact learned counsel said that the Plaintiff proudly stated (through her advocate Mr Ombaka) that the Defendant could not object to her plaint (Mr Oraro said “invalid” plaint) because it had not yet been served.…

…Is it possible that a trained advocate who is entitled to call himself professor and/or doctor assisted by two other trained advocates can put forward such erroneous arguments based on simple straightforward rules in respect…

…The Applicant has finally asked for an adjournment to obtain the services of an Advocate, but this application he only made in the cause of his submission in reply.…

…Application No. 796 of 1997) ****************************** R U L I N G The applicant, Moses Kipngetich Kurgat is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.…

…The ruling he alludes to had the effect of, if not stayed confirmning his suspension from the roll of advocates as decided by the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society of Kenya on the 22nd day of August, 1997.…

…Application No. 796 of 1997) ****************************** R U L I N G The applicant, Moses Kipngetich Kurgat is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.…

…The ruling he alludes to had the effect of, if not stayed confirmning his suspension from the roll of advocates as decided by the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society of Kenya on the 22nd day of August, 1997.…

…Githu Muigai Advocate, Mr. Mukele and Mr Kihara Muttu appear for the 1st and 2nd Respondents while Mr A.N. Ngunjiri advocate appears for the 4th respondent. The third respondent has not filed any papers at all.…

…accompanied by a copy of the petition, shall, within 10 days of the presentation of the petition, be served by the petitioner on the respondent. (2) service may be effected either by delivering the notice and copy to the advocate…

…The appellant and his then advocate, had failed to attend court on the day fixed for the hearing of the suit.…

…But then, there is the case of the plaintiff who may have been seriously injured in a motor accident and is lying in hospital, or whose advocate is so injured and cannot explain away his absence on the same day for hearing…

…Therefore principal state advocate does not support the conviction. I am in agreement with him and will allow this appeal. The convictions quashed and sentence set aside. July 14, 1987 TORGBOR JUDGE…

…The appellant passed this letter to its advocates M/s Marende & Company Advocates and on the 14th July 1992, those gentlemen wrote a letter to the respondent asking the respondent to provide relevant documents to prove their…

…learned judge delivered himself as follows: “Having already analysed the material events which culminated in the sale of the vehicle it is clear that the person who would be guilty of negligence or wrong-doing would be the advocate…

…It was the duty of his advocate, Mr Wasuna, to bring to the notice of the judge the principles and recent local awards for such claims.…

…Jabane’s advocate did not complain of this at the trial or in the appeal. There was no evidence on either matter.…

…That I am an advocate of the High Court of Kenya having the conduct of this petition on behalf of the 2nd respondent and I have authority to make this affidavit. 2.…

…That I am an advocate of the High Court of Kenya having the conduct of this petition on behalf of the 2nd respondent and I have authority to make this affidavit. 2.…

…The fact that the appellant was represented by an advocate did not discharge the trial Magistrate from his statutory duty to the appellant.…

…This remains the same whether or not the appellant was represented by an advocate who also failed to point the failures out to the court.…

…This action appears to have been taken as a result of two letters, one from Afrocox to the defendant (dated September 5, 1984) and the other from Afrocox’s advocates (dated September 7, 1984) to the defendant.…

…From Ashford’s advocate came a letter dated September 18, 1984, indicating their lack of interest in the matter and telling the defendant to address further correspondence to the plaintiff.…

…In reply the appellant stated that he could not demand money from the mother and grand mother because a girl is married from the father, that he tried to hand in the receipt for transport but the advocate rejected the same…

…It is indeed on record that the applicants advocate demanded Kshs.7,000/= and there is no demand for 1,000/= to make a total of Kshs.8,000/= claimed as refund of dowry. Lack of demand does not oust ones claim.…

…But a Notice of Appointment of Advocates is generally filed by advocates to enable them to conduct interlocutory proceedings on behalf of their client(s) prior to service of summons.…

…Such a document gives the relevant locus standi to advocates to appear for their client(s) prior to service of summons. In fact it would be prudent for an advocate to file such a Notice which Mr. Ibrahim did.…