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…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Kamau v Republic High Court, at Nairobi August 29, 1985 Owuor J & Schofield J Criminal Appeal No 1236 of 1984 (Appeal from the Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court at Nairobi, J A Mango, Esq) Advocates Appellant…

…For the reason the public is deemed to have notice of advocates who are unqualified to offer legal services at a fee.…

…It is also noteworthy that the Advocates Act itself makes provision for the recovery of the fees paid to such an advocate.…

…The sum total of the argument is that the plaintiff/applicant is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya practising under the name and style of Amayamu & Co Advocates currently based in Eldoret.…

…It appears the title documents were released as per the undertaking of the plaintiff/applicant to the advocates of the bank.…

…A defence was filed by the defendant/respondent through his firm of advocates Mbugua and Mbugua in which liability was actually denied saying that the accident occurred through inevitable circumstances or as an act of God…

…As a result of this document the plaintiff/applicant through his counsel Njuguna & Co, Advocates filed an application on 21st April 1992 to pray for entry of judgment against the defendant/respondent in the sum of Kshs 67,900…

…Responding to the Plaintiff’s Advocates submission that the first Defendant had not filed an affidavit, he stated that there was no law which required one Defendant not to swear an affidavit on his behalf and on behalf of…

…Paragraph (d) of the consent is also a clear pointer that the parties and their advocates anticipated that they would go on with the suit and that is why they recorded that “costs of the application be in the suit”.…

…But the applicant and his advocate managed to get to the venue of nomination before 1:00 p.m.…

…Gitobu Imanyara, Advocate who appeared for the Applicant. There are several annexures to the affidavit. I have perused them all.…

…In his submission the advocate for the defendant has urged the Court to ignore the conviction as the same was not pleaded. He has supported his argument with English authorities.…

…M/s Wetangula & Co Advocates for the defendant suggests a figure of Shs 80,000/- M/s KJ Kinyanjui a figure of Shs 170,000/-. Both have relied on case law.…

…As ordered by the court on 11.12.2013, the respondent Kerio Valley Development Authority to deposit the sum of Kshs.875,996.00 in an interest earning account in the names of the parties’ Advocates by 11.01.2014 and in default…

…Meanwhile the said advocates had also filed an application seeking to be joined as interested parties.…

…Neither have they contended that the said advocate was not properly on record. 7.…

…RESPONDENT RULING MORRIS GUCHURA NJAGE (to be referred to in this ruling throughout as "the Applicant") is an advocate of this court and practices law through his law firm of M/s NJAGE & CO. Advocates based in Embu.…

…He is therefore being represented by another advocate of this court, Mr Mureithi Kibe.…

…The records show that the parties were subsequently represented by Advocates although in the pleadings were not amended and several applications and counter applications were presented at the interlocutory stage.…

…Consequential upon the Resident Judge's letter to me, I, through myDeputy Registrar, issued Notices to the Advocates for the parties to appearbefore me and address me on the reference and, indeed, the history of thematter…

…Consequential upon the Resident Judge's letter to me, I, through myDeputy Registrar, issued Notices to the Advocates for the parties to appearbefore me and address me on the reference and, indeed, the history of thematter…

…Practicing advocates do take such negotiations seriously. Claimants who appear in person in the negotiating table would regard the proceedings even more seriously.…