Judgment[2022] KEELC 15592
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Division and case type: Environment and LandMiscellaneous Application
…The Kenyan courts have pronounced themselves on several occasions on the issue of contributory negligence of a child where courts have stated that a child of tender years cannot be guilty of contributory negligence unless…
…Therefore, this Tribunal cannot apportion contributory negligence on the minor. Uninsulated electric supply lines ought not to be so close to reach especially for a minor of a tender age of nine years. 27.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…The total award of Shs 168,770/= is then reduced to Shs 135,016/= on account of the plaintiff 20% contributory negligence.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…I have to direct myself as to possible contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.…
…So I discount any possible contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. Whose employee was the plaintiff on the fateful date?…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…He is entitled, and indeed bound, if he is not to be guilty of any contributory negligence, to take reasonable precautions to avoid injury to himself. In Jones v Boyce [1816] 171 ER VOL.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…There is no evidence to support contributory negligence either. I would allow this appeal and set aside the judgment of the High Court in dismissing the plaintiff’s claim.…