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…...discloses no reasonable cause of action, and is clearly frivolous and vexatious and an abuse of the court process because of the statutory provisions which give absolute immunity to judges and magistrates, from civil liability…

…of the arbitration now being sought; that the defendant called upon the Insurance Company to pay up the amount of the performance Bond without waiting for a decision of any arbitration proceedings on the questions of the liability…

…This appeal arises from two consolidated cases being Suit No. 4141 and No. 4142 of 1979 which were instituted in the High Court by the respondent (plaintiff) a limited liability company incorporated in Kenya.…

…The Kenindia Assurance Company Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in Kenya.…

…The order for extension of time, in essence, is a provisional order which does not deal with liability.…

…So the case has, so far as this issue of liability is concerned, to be determined fairly and squarely within the law of principal and agent, and as to whether the acts of the agent are such as to bind the principal. 11.…

…In the instant case no question has arisen as to the personal liability of Shakeel, as agent for his father, neither did the appellants choose to sue him, either cumulatively or in the alternative, for damages being such…

…The appellants, the Manchester Outtters Suiting Ltd and Galot Industries, are limited liability companies incorporated and registered in Kenya and carrying on the business of manufacturing clothes and property developers…

…Whether they had borrowed from the local banks and if so whether the loans so raised had been liquidated, whether there were pending suits, whether there were pending suits against the appellant companies, the assets and liabilities…

…The Judge’s discretion to grant judgment on admissions of facts under the Order is to be exercised only in plain cases where the admissions of fact are so clear and unequivocal that they amount to an admission of liability…

…M'Mukanya and Nyamu's written statement of defence denied all liability because they were not trespassers on this plot which Meru County Council allocated to them in common and for which they had paid rent in 1971 and 1972…

…Furthermore, the fact that the Respondents except one have escaped liability for contempt of court this time does not give them the leeway to act as they please on and in regard to the suit land and therefore interfere with…

…But when hearing of the suit opened before Cockar J on the 14th December 1982, both appellants reversed their position and admitted liability for negligence.…

…Stones Limited and the appellant are limited liability companies incorporated and registered under the Companies Act, chapter 486 of the Laws of Kenya with their respective registered offices at Nairobi.…

…The allusions to the Act must of course relate to the exemption of members from personal liability given under section 87 of the Act but as the section itself makes it clear, only matters or things done in good faith are…

…This appeal arises out of two orders made by the Commissioner of Assize (Mr Ransley) on November 20, 2000 in which he declined to allow the appellants’ application of joinder of some limited liability companies in the Petition…