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Division and case type: CivilCivil Suit
…He argued his case on the bases of order VIA rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules and maintained that such an amendment required the approval of the court.…
…It provides: “(1) A party may, without the leave of the court, amend any pleading of his once at any time before the pleadings are closed” and that the amendment dated from the date of the plaint.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The application for amendment was opposed on grounds that there was lack of good faith that the proposed amendments were useless; that omission to quantify earlier was not curable; that limitation had set in. that is, no…
…if an amendment is to be allowed; that if the court is not satisfied as to the truth and substantiality of the proposed amendment it ought to be disallowed; that the proposed amendment must not be immaterial or useless or…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…But the power of the court specifically provides that an amendment may be made at any stage of the proceedings.…
…the amendment was allowed.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…There was quick reaction by the respondent in applying for amendment of the pleadings under Rule 44 (2).…
…The amendment was allowed so as to tie up with the evidence. This ground of appeal also fails.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…Count 2: Being in possession of a firearm contrary to S. 4(1) of the Firearms Act as read with Firearms (Amendment) Act No. 8 of 1988.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Apart from these provisions, the Court had wide powers of amendment and should exercise those powers in order to be able to arrive at a correct decision in the case and to nally determine the controversy between the parties…
…Had issues been framed at the hearing, the necessity for amendment of the pleadings would immediately have become apparent, and much trouble and expense avoided.…
Division and case type: FamilySuccession Cause
…EXECUTOR/RESPONDENT R U L I N G Although in this summons dated 19th September 2002 the Respondent, Frasia Wanjiku Kariuki, was served and has failed to come up to oppose the application requiring rectification or amendment…
Division and case type: COMMERCIAL DIVISIONCivil Suit
…The 3rd defendant was brought in these proceedings by an amendment of the plaint amended on 19th March 2001. The 3rd defendant filed his defence on 7th May 2001.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…On December 1, 1986 notice was filed of amendment of petition of appeal.…
…The effect of the notice of amendment was that the appellant amended his earlier petition of appeal by abandoning the grounds of appeal contained in it and replacing them with the grounds of appeal contained in the amended…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…An amendment permitted by the court was to the effect that the alternative prayer was brought under Order 44, rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules (the Rules).…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The application for the proposed amendment which has not been heard seeks to delete reference to section 143. But prayers 3, 4 and 5 are identical as in the original Originating Summons.…
…In any event, there was before the superior court a pending application which sought directions of the Court and if that Court thought that amendments to the appellants’ Originating Summons were necessary to ensure that the…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Suit
…A parallel situation as regards the amendment of the rules might be said to have occurred in England in relation to extension of time.…
…Under the law as it was conceived to be before the amendment, such a mistake was considered to be in no circumstances a sufficient ground.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…A parallel situation as regards the amendment of the rules might be said to have occurred in England in relation to extension of time.…
…Under the law as it was conceived to be before the amendment, such a mistake was considered to be in no circumstances a sufficient ground.…
Division and case type: FamilySuccession Cause
…An amendment permitted by the court was to the effect that the alternative prayer was brought under Order 44, rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules (the Rules).…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Acting pursuant to The Law Society of Kenya (.General) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995, which were published in the Kenya Gazette as Legal Notice No. 279 of 1995, the LSK advised the Bank in writing to stop all transactions…
…which was issued to Laura Ombogo and Miriam Ombogo, on 1st November, 1996, more than one year after the death of the deceased, it is shown at the bottom as having been amended on 1st November 1999, but the nature of the amendments…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…Rao squarely relies in section 361 97) of the Code as the legal basis for the appeal before us and in support of his contention that the appeal lies to us, he referred us to the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 1959 which…
…became the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 1959 which introduced section 361 (7) of the Code.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Acting pursuant to The Law Society of Kenya (.General) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995, which were published in the Kenya Gazette as Legal Notice No. 279 of 1995, the LSK advised the Bank in writing to stop all transactions…
…which was issued to Laura Ombogo and Miriam Ombogo, on 1st November, 1996, more than one year after the death of the deceased, it is shown at the bottom as having been amended on 1st November 1999, but the nature of the amendments…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Acting pursuant to The Law Society of Kenya (.General) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995, which were published in the Kenya Gazette as Legal Notice No. 279 of 1995, the LSK advised the Bank in writing to stop all transactions…
…which was issued to Laura Ombogo and Miriam Ombogo, on 1st November, 1996, more than one year after the death of the deceased, it is shown at the bottom as having been amended on 1st November 1999, but the nature of the amendments…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Section 6(2) of the Act which was introduced by The Statute Law (Repeal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 1980, and which is as follows: "(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that the declaration of a trust of agricultural…
…It is noteworthy that in the Memorandum and Objects of the Statute Law (Repeal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, it is stated with respect to the amendment of the then existing section 6(2) of the Land Control Act that:…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…That case was based on the construction of section 2 of the Chancery Procedure Amendment Act (Lord Cairn’s Act).…