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…Rachi appliedfor adjournment as it was 4.20 p.m as he was going to take long to reply toMr. Gatonyes oral application. The application was stood over to the 6. 10.98 but on that day. Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was granted and so Mr. Rachi did not reply to Mr. Gatonye's oral application. Eventually Mr.…

…Rachi appliedfor adjournment as it was 4.20 p.m as he was going to take long to reply toMr. Gatonyes oral application. The application was stood over to the 6. 10.98 but on that day. Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was granted and so Mr. Rachi did not reply to Mr. Gatonye's oral application. Eventually Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was prompted by my pointing out to Mr.…

…Kiage for the respondent opposed the application for adjournment and sought striking out of the present application on the ground that the same is premature and hence incompetent. Mr.…

…I ask for an adjournment.” Whereupon Mr. Ougo who appeared for the appellant herein in that court as he does in this Court is recorded to have said: “I am ready to proceed. I have one witness. Hearing to go on.”…

…The ruling of the superior court, Kuloba, J., in this regard read as follows: “As there is no reason for the absence of the Plaintiff or its representative or witness, an adjournment cannot be granted without a good reason…

…Counsel said that the appellant’s application for the receiving order to be set aside was adjourned eight times.…

…Turning now to the question of adjournment, it is clear from the proceedings before the High Court (Owuor, J) on May 23, 1990 that the appellant was allowed a short adjournment to brief some other lawyer after Mr Musili who…

…She has therefore applied for an adjournment to enable her to rectify the omission.…

…We think that, in the interest of justice we should accede to the application for adjournment, which we hereby grant.…

…Rachi appliedfor adjournment as it was 4.20 p.m as he was going to take long to reply toMr. Gatonyes oral application. The application was stood over to the 6. 10.98 but on that day. Mr.…

…The application for adjournment was granted and so Mr. Rachi did not reply to Mr. Gatonye's oral application. Eventually Mr.…

…in my view, this is justified for even if the application were made on August 19 in Nairobi and the auction was to be held on August 20 in Kisumu at 10 am, under order XXI rule 63: “(1) The court may, in its discretion, adjourn…

…any sale hereunder to a specified day and hour, and the officer conducting any such sale may in his discretion adjourn the sale, recording his reasons for such adjournment; Provided that where the sale is made in, or within…

…When the suit came for hearing on 16.6.99, defendants counselapplied for adjournment on the ground that defendant was absent as he isbereaved.…

…Plaintiffs counsel opposed the application for adjournment andthe court agreed with her and dismissed the application for adjournment.…

…The matter was adjourned for the petitioners to record their oral evidence.…

…During the hearing at the adjourned date the petitioners’ Advocate applied for adjournment and application for adjournment was denied for reasons recorded elsewhere in these proceedings.…

…The case has been adjourned severally due to his default. It is a very old case.…

…The record shows that since that time there were about six adjournments or mentions until the trial actually got under way on October 19, 1983.…

…Instead, he sent Mr Momanyi, a junior Advocate, to say he was indisposed and to apply for an adjournment, which in the event was refused.…

…Mr Momanyi was granted a short adjournment to study the record and argue the appeal, but when the Court reconvened he confessed he was unable to be of any further assistance to the Court.…

…She adjourned the application to 26th April 1994 for hearing inter partes.…

…After adjournment the hearing proceeded on 10.5.99 and adjourned to 11.5.99. In all this time the defendant failed to bring his witnesses. From the agreed issues I have found the following facts.…

…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.…

…The quantum of damages for the loss of an eye was a matter of public importance in view of the widely disparate awards that have so far been given in Kenya, and that he should, at the very least, be given an adjournment to…

…Barring a sufficient cause being shown by the plaintiff, the plaintiff will not be granted an adjournment at such a hearing and if indeed granted the court will be at liberty to consider discharging the injunction hereof.…

…The National Assembly was adjourned on November 3 (a Friday) and prorogued on November 7 without sitting again. The next sitting was on March 6, 1979.…

…An adjournment is an interruption in the course of a session.…

…On the morning of March 29, he wrote a letter which was filed in the court the same morning requesting that the case be adjourned, that it was copied to the plaintiff’s advocate.…

…As to the second ground, even if the letter of March 29, 1979 had been placed before the resident magistrate, it was a matter for the court’s discretion whether or not the case was to proceed ex parte or be adjourned.…