Judgment[1989] KEHC 115
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Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…There are no provisions providing for a plea to be changed, but there are equally no provisions to prevent a plea being changed before the court becomes functus officio.…
…A further question arises, when does a magistrate’s court become functus officio and we agree with the resoning in Manchester City Recorder Case [1969] All ER 1230) that this can only be when the court disposes of a case…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…This court is functus officio, he said.…
…Functus officio because the suit having been dismissed because the plaintiff did not wish to call evidence no right was vested in the plaintiff to bring either an application to set aside the dismissal or to review the order…