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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.…

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

…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…

…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…

…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.…

…On the issue of limitation he submitted that the appellant's husband having deponed in an affidavit in support of his application for leave that he became aware of the fact of his accident in 1986 any disability he may have…

…In my view the arguments based on the respondent’s disability, and so much harped upon by the Election Court judges, disappear into nothingness in face of this authority which, Mr Inamdar very rightly surmised, supported…