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…Ngugi submitted that she was waiting for the Certificate of Delay. She, however, read the rule 81 and freely and frankly agreed that there was no ambiguity in the rule. Nor was it capable of a misinterpretation.…

…It did not extend to certificate of delay. In the circumstances, I see no mistake. None was alleged either in the Notice of Motion or in the supporting affidavit. Mrs.…

…Lepelley correctly points out, a certificate of delay is only required in respect of proceedings. There was accordingly no occasion to look for a certificate of delay.…

…The applicants seem to have been shopping from one firm of advocates to another and the delay exhibited in not filing the appeal within time, as illustrated by the Certificate of Delay which is attached to the affidavit in…

…As regards the fact that the certificate of delay cannot be relied upon for the purpose of Rule 31(1) and (2) of the Rules of this court because the request letter for it was not copied to the respondent, I would say that…

…Macharia for the applicant informs me that they obtained the proceedings on the 26th April, 1996; they, however, have not obtained a certificate of delay from the High Court to vouch-safe for that contention.…

…Again no certificate of delay has been placed before me to show when the criminal proceedings were supplied to the applicant.…

…A number of points derived from a certificate of delay filed pursuant to the proviso to rule 81(1) make it clear that certified proceedings and judgment became available on November 17, 1986 and that the time required for…

…was no explanation offered, said Mr Jowhal, why the proceedings etc were collected 37 days after intimation from the registry that copies were available and it is significant that it was not until November 23, 1986 that a certificate…

…Hence, it is immaterial that a certificate of delay was acquired during the course of the hearing of this application. The Registrar should be more careful in certifying delay.…

…It is therefore with relief that I do not have to deal with the certificate of delay. 2.If a clerk is fraudulent and conceals his dealings with a client there is not much a senior partner can do until the fraud is discovered…

…Under the certificate of delay the copies of the proceedings were ready on 7th October, 1997 but the appeal was not filed until 19th December, 1997 well out of the prescribed time.…

…The applicant, however, contends that the certificate of delay, a copy of which he had and read a part of it to us, is invalid in as much as it covered the period between 3rd and 11th July, 1997.…

…There is no material on record on the basis of which we can impuign the validity of the certificate of delay, which in any event was not placed before us for purposes of scrutiny.…

…The Certificate of delay dated 11th November, 1999, fully explains the position.…

…The Certificate of delay dated 11th November, 1999, fully explains the position.…

…A certified copy of the proceedings together with a certificate of delay confirming that the proceedings were applied for on 21st November 2002, but received on 17th February, 2003 has been availed.…

…Mr Nowrojee says he will apply for a certificate of delay setting out that the Deputy Registrar of the High Court did not tell him the judgment and proceedings were ready until which meant that Mr Nowrojee and the respondent…