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…I cannot help feeling that a medical certificate which is so imprecise as to the date of a patient’s disability for which the certificate seeks to vouch, is, to put it mildly suspect.…

…I would assess her permanent disability to between 10 – 15%” Then on December 15, 1983 Professor Ruberti saw the plaintiff again and this is what he (Professor Ruberti) says in his report dated December 22, 1983: “An EEG…

…Obviously this patient has become a post-traumatic epileptic and therefore her permanent disability should be reassessed now between twenty five to thirty percent.…

…In this case the disability was not included by the doctor. In a summary:- I hereby enter judgement of the plaintiff on 100% liability against the defendants.…

…Her disabilities were nothing exceptional and that while she was deserving of a generous award, an award of Kshs 910,000 is by any standards known to us in Kenya out of keeping with awards for comparable injuries.…

…Inamdar relied is Zablon Mariga v Musila, C A No 166 of 1982 for the proposition that severe injuries are bound to have severe consequences and that awards in such cases do provide for resultant disabilities.…

…The doctor says there is no long term or permanent disability as a result of this accident. In the circumstances, what reasonable damages can the plaintiff be awarded?…

…It cannot be dispersed with unless the debtor is a lunatic or suffers from mental or physical disability rendering him unfit to attend the examination. See rule 159(1) of the Rules.…

…The plaintiff was examined by 2 doctors, and a report is on the record, with a conclusion that no neurological permanent disability was detected, but a reduction of his sight field on the left eye was detected.…

…effectually and completely to adjudicate upon and settle all questions involved in the suit, be added. (3) No person shall be added as a plaintiff suing without a next friend or as the next friend of a plaintiff under any disability…

…But, with respect, the underlying principle is the same: an infant is still under a similar disability to enter into a valid agreement.…

…The plaintiff’s residual disability when combined with the fact that he is illiterate render him totally unfit for any gainful employment.…

…In view of the treatment needed, it was too early to say what the resultant disability would be. How the appellant reached to this unfortunate state of affairs is not clear from the record.…

…his application for the annual practising certificate one or two other members, none of whom shall be less than seven years standing to administer his firm in the event on his death., disbarment, imprisonment or any other disability…

…his application for the annual practising certificate one or two other members, none of whom shall be less than seven years standing to administer his firm in the event on his death., disbarment, imprisonment or any other disability…

…I agree that Kshs 475,000 is the right figure to be substituted for it, remembering that no money award can ever compensate the appellant for his tragic disability.…

…Her permanent disability was diagnosed as limitation of flexion of right knee joint and the various scars.…

…No disability expected other than a weak leg. Court awarded shs 80,000/= in October 1987.…

…his application for the annual practising certificate one or two other members, none of whom shall be less than seven years standing to administer his firm in the event on his death., disbarment, imprisonment or any other disability…

…I agree that Kshs 475,000 is the right figure to be substituted for it, remembering that no money award can ever compensate the appellant for his tragic disability.…

…Secondly the claimant must not have been under any disability affecting the prescriptive period. Hosea -vNjiru and Others [1974] EA 526.…

…Mr Juma conceded this and in any case the appellant did not allege that the cause of non-compliance with this Act was due to any disability within the meaning of section 5 thereof.…