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…In employment matters, such as was the case here, the contract of employment should have been the entry point.…

…The terms and conditions of employment in the contract, govern the employment relationship, except to the extent that the terms are contrary to the law; or have been superseded by statute.…

…Lastly, that the Honorable-Court be pleased to grant a preservatory order to maintain the prevailing Status Quo to the effect that the Applicant\'s occupation and tenure of employment covering 278.5 Acres on the suit parcel…

…behalf of the Estate of Paul Mbatia Mbiyu Koinange (deceased) to be engaged on 278.5 Acres within the suit parcel L.R NO.8669/3 in Mau Narok, ( Muthera Farm) measuring Approximately 4.296 Acres and thus by virtue of his employment…

…Moses Kiprotich Rutto & Others v Telkom Kenya Limited (Cause 139 (N) of 2009) [2014] KEIC 9 (KLR) (Employment and Labour) (22 December 2014) (Ruling) Moses Kiprotich Rutto & Others v Telkom Kenya Limited [2014] eKLR Neutral…

…citation: [2014] KEIC 9 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE INDUSTRIAL COURT AT NAIROBI EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR CAUSE 139 (N) OF 2009 NZIOKI WA MAKAU, J DECEMBER 22, 2014 REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE INDUSTRIAL COURT AT NAIROBI EMPLOYMENT…

…and 5, respectively, and therefore require payment of school fees and other school requirements, and also require that their upkeep and maintenance generally be catered for, which she is unable to do as she is not in any employment…

…Personally, she has been suffering from a long-term medical condition that limits her ability to engage in gainful employment and causes her to incur medical expenses.…

…He deponed that the Ex-parte applicant obtained vesting orders in respect of the suit properties pursuant to execution of a decree dated 21st August, 2017 issued in Employment and Labour Relations Cause No 67 of 2017.…

…It was his deposition that he is aware that their advocate on record later wrote to the firm of M.A MWINYI Advocates on 4th September, 2025 seeking to know whether the said firm handled the Employment and Labour Relations…

…; (b)any fact observed by any advocate in the course of his employment as such, showing that any crime or fraud has been committed since the commencement of his employment, whether the attention of such advocate was or was…

…not directed to the fact by or on behalf of his client. (2) The protection given by subsection (1) of this section shall continue after the employment of the advocate has ceased. 30.…

…who was at the time on the payroll of the Mombasa County Attorney’s Office; that she had no authority to use the name of M/S Mankone and Company Advocates and that the Plaint was not prepared in the course of that firm’s employment…

…Hilda’s failure to adduce evidence that she was no longer an employee at the Mombasa County Government Attorney’s office, when she appeared before this court meant that the allegations of her employment were true. 8.…

…Such parity of hierarchical stature did not imply that either Environment and Land Court or the Employment and Labour Relations Court was the High Court or vice versa.…

…As article 165(5) of the Constitution precluded the High Court from entertaining matters reserved for the Environment and Land Court or the Employment or the Labour Relations Court, it was to be inferred, by the same token…

…Following an alleged execution and sale by private treaty in November 2025 said by the Plaintiff/Respondent to have been undertaken in violation of subsisting Prohibitory Orders of the Employment and Labour Relations Court…

…The said Preliminary Objection raises weighty points of law, including the contention that the substratum of the suit concerns the enforcement of a monetary decree of the Employment and Labour Relations Court at Mombasa in…

…The cause of action arose in employment where the petitioner is seeking a benefit out of his employment and or service with the respondent.…

…Even where there is no challenge to the claims made by the respondent, it is obvious, the claim is for gratuity payment for the employment period of the petitioner is filed way out of time as required under section 90 of…

…this court’s jurisdiction is derived from Article 162 (2) b of the constitution that provides that:- (2) Parliament shall establish courts with the status of the High Court to hear and determine disputes relating to— (a) employment…

…The Plaintiff/Applicant was the Respondent in “the Employment and Labour Relations Court Cause No.…

…The Plaintiff was the Respondent in civil case “Employment and Labour Relations Court Cause No.…

…Privilege of advocates. (1) No advocate shall at any time be permitted unless with his client’s express consent, to disclose any communication made to him in the course and for the purpose of his employment as such advocate…

…, by or on behalf of his client, or to state the contents or condition of any document with which he has become acquainted in the course and for the purpose of his professional employment, or to disclose any advice given…

…The nature of the reliefs sought by the Petitioner will deny the residents of Kiharu, Murang’a and Kenya opportunities to acquire skills needed for employment, job creation and overall sustainment of their livelihoods.…

…It is a national affair aimed at equipping the youth of Kenya with skills for employment, job creation and overall sustainment of their livelihoods. To stop the project could occasion great loss to the larger public.…

…of the Evidence Act that privileged information—including any communication made to the advocate, the contents or condition of any document, or any advice given by an advocate to his client during the course and for such employment—is…

…That section 134 of the Evidence Act prevents an advocate from using privileged information obtained during employment with the parties to harm one party or benefit the other, to prevent any injustice to the other party.…

…of the Evidence Act that privileged information—including any communication made to the advocate, the contents or condition of any document, or any advice given by an advocate to his client during the course and for such employment—is…

…That section 134 of the Evidence Act prevents an advocate from using privileged information obtained during employment with the parties to harm one party or benefit the other, to prevent any injustice to the other party.…

…It is limited to constitutional issues that arise in the context of disputes on employment and labour relations or environment and land matters.…

…In Daniel Maingi Muchiri Jubilee Insurance Co Ltd, CA No 138 of 2016, this  Court expressed the position as follows: “The Environment and Land Court and the Employment and Labour Relations Court too have jurisdiction to redress…

…of the Evidence Act that privileged information—including any communication made to the advocate, the contents or condition of any document, or any advice given by an advocate to his client during the course and for such employment—is…

…That section 134 of the Evidence Act prevents an advocate from using privileged information obtained during employment with the parties to harm one party or benefit the other, to prevent any injustice to the other party.…

…This Act of employment is called the retainer. The retainer agreement between the client and the Attorney sets forth the nature of services to be performed, costs, expenses, and related matters.”…

…authorizing or employing a solicitor to act on behalf of a client constitutes the solicitor’s retainer by that client: consequently, the giving of a retainer is equivalent to the making of a contract for the solicitor’s employment…