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…RESPONDENT JUDGMENT This is one of the few cases where a land owner disputes compensation paid to him in respect of compulsory acquisition of part of his land.…

…Paragraph 1(c) of the section provides for prompt payment of full compensation for the property so acquired.…

…The appellant was convicted for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, plus 6 strokes of the cane and to pay the complainant Kshs 5,000 compensation.…

…The order of compensation of Ksh 5,000 is also quashed as there is no evidence that the complainant incurred any medical expenses. December 7 ,1987 TORGBOR JUDGE…

…The complainant is said to have paid Kshs 1,000.00 to the appellant as compensation. This payment of compensation was not challenged.…

…If the appellant was paid compensation by the complainant then this is an indication of negligence on the part of the complainant. The learned senior state counsel (Mr Nyagah) did not seek to support the conviction.…

…In the alternative, the defendant avers that he has had already paid agreed compensation to the plaintiff. The plaintiff filed a reply to the defence and denied that she has received any compensation.…

…Has the defendant paid mutually agreed compensation to the plaintiff in full and final settlement? 6. What is the order as to costs?…

…He assessed general damages at Kshs 270,000/- less workmans compensation of Kshs 16,540/50 leaving a balance of Kshs 253,450.00 plus costs and interest. There was an order for special damages of Kshs 1,500.00.…

…I find that liability was well established as found by the trial magistrate that there is no denial that the respondent was an employee of the appellant and he was injured on duty and was paid workmans compensation.…

…The defendants have accepted their full liability for the negligence which resulted in the collision and so this case comes to me solely for assessment of damages to be paid to the plaintiff as compensation for the injuries…

…All that judges and courts do is to award sums which must be regarded as giving reasonable compensation. In the process there must be an endeavour to secure some uniformity in the general method of approach.…

…others v Republic High Court, at Kisii April 11, 1991 Patel J Criminal Appeals Nos 12, 13 & 24 of 1991 Criminal Law – stock theft – appellants alleging to have been voluntarily given 11 heads of cattle by the complainant as compensation…

…The complainant, it was alleged, offered to give away some 11 heads of cattle as compensation for the lost animals which was agreed but he was all the same arrested and later released.…

…The medical evidence shows that the plaintiff’s complaints for which he is justified in seeking compensation are loss of the right leg and the consequential inability to work or use the leg.…

…The evidence from the Ministry of Labour, Mombasa: It was given by Mr Francis Gitau who is incharge of workmen’s compensation.…

…performance of his duties the plaintiff had totally fallen from grace by accepting bribes from those candidates he interviewed for jobs and so did not deserve to continue in his employment and they should not be ordered to pay compensation…

…It is only by adding up the awards in both cases cited by Mr Ringera that one gets roughly closer (if that is possible) to “compensation which would give the injured reparation for the wrongful act and for all the material…

…Mr A M Nathwani, one of the partners of Tononoka Haulage Contractors testified that that firm compensated the ultimate consignee for the loss thus sustained and in its turn deducted the amount of the compensation thus paid…

…Mr Oduk, also submitted that the appellant was entitled to compensation for the two ratoon crops as the respondent had already breached the agreement by the time the arson took place. 4.…

…That section for avoidance of doubt provides as follows:- “A person who is unlawfully arrested or detained by another person shall be entitled to compensation therefor from that other person.” 9.…

…At all events the Workmens Compensation Act report says it was 5 pm. In my view the balance of probabilities are tht the latter was the correct time. That point was not, however noticed by either counsel.…

…Therefore Kshs. 30,000 would be fair and adequate compensation for pain and suffering and loss of amenities. With the special damages of Kshs 1,010 the total of damages was Kshs 31,010.…

…the learned trial judge found that the first defendant, was not liable on the exemption clauses contained in the warehouse warrants, and indeed Securicor was an independent contractor, to whom the plaintiff must look for compensation…