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…This matter is therefore before me only for the assessment of general damages. The applicant gave evidence as to how he came to sustain the injuries that he now seeks to be compensated for.…

…I therefore enter judgment for the plaintiff in the following terms: a) General damages Kshs 40,000 b) Specific damages Kshs 450 c) Costs of the suit d) Interest on the above at 12% as from the date of the judgment.…

…The defendants admitted liability and hence the only issue before the court is quantum of general damages since special damages have also been agreed at Kshs 8,650.…

…I agree with Mr Mwaura for the plaintiff and Mr Muchui for the defendants that damages in this case should be under the following heads: (1) General damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities of life. (2) General damages…

…25, 1991 Gachuhi,Masime JJ A & Omolo Ag JA Civil Appeal No 144 of 1990 Kenya Breweries Ltd v Saro (Appeal from a Judgment and decree of the High Court at Mombasa, Githinji J, dated 21st May 1990 in HCCC No 602 of 1987) Damages…

…- general damages - claim for damages under the Fatal Accidents Act (cap 32) - father claiming damages for the death of six year old child - whether father entitled to such damages in the absence of evidence of any pecuniary…

…It was agreed between the learned counsel for the parties that the issue No 2 in the draft issues annexed to the summons for direction be argued first in order that the claim for general damages in the plaint could be determined…

…General damages for pain suffering and loss of amenities were assessed at kshs. 440,000/- on 26th April, 1993. The second is HCCCNO. 528 of 1991 MOMBASA SEVILE MWANYALO MZEE -vABEID MOHAMED KHARIER & ANOTHER.…

…General damages for pain suffering and loss of amenities were assessed to Kshs. 320,000/- on 15th November, 1994.…

…The only question raised in this appeal was whether the general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities awarded to Robert Msioki Kitavi, the appellant, should be increased.…

…The only issue was the quantum of damages, special and general, the respondent should pay the appellant.…

…The only question raised in this appeal was whether the general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities awarded to Robert Msioki Kitavi, the appellant, should be increased.…

…The plaintiffs are asking for Judgment against the defendant for:- (a) shs. 27,200 (b) General Damages (c) Costs of this suit (d) Such further or alternative relief as this Honourable Court may deem fit to grant.…

…There is no basis for general damages since the agreement was not enforceable for want of consent of the relevant Land Control Board.…

…NO. 114 OF 1992) ************************** JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT This is a second appeal from the decision of the Resident Magistrate’s Court in Nairobi by which the respondent was awarded Shs.85,000/- as general damages…

…General damages are not recoverable. In the result, this appeal is allowed, the judgment and decree of the Resident Magistrate is set aside and substitute therefor an order dismissing the respondent’s claim with costs.…

…In Waiyunka v Bamburi Portland Cement Co Ltd, Mombasa HCCC 230/80 Muli, J awarded Kshs 12,000 general damages in 1980 for a fractured clavicle as a result of which the plaintiff was unable to follow his employment, unlike…

…Doing the best I can, and taking into account inflation, I make a global award of general damages in the sum of Kshs 15,000 in respect of pain, discomfort, loss of amenities, to include a nominal figure in respect of loss…

…He also assessed the general damages at Kshs 786,600. Add these two sums and the result is Kshs 833,512.…

…The loss of promotion prospects the judge said must form part of the general award for damages.…

…damages for mental anguish and apprehension of possible arrest for being illegally in Kenya or working without a work permit.…

…He also made submissions for an award of general damages for mental anguish and apprehension of possible arrest.…

…No special damages were proved and no general damages were proved beyond the cost of repairs which the tenant had met. Appeal dismissed. Cases No cases referred to. Statutes No statutes referred.…

…In our opinion, not only was any special damages alleged not proved, nor has any general damages been proved beyond the cost of repairs which the tenant has met.…

…He also awarded general damages in the sum of shs 3,000. It is the above findings that have prompted this appeal.…

…(4) Was there any basis for the trial courts’ award of general damages?…

…What the defendants really are disputing is the claim for general damages and exemplary damages.…

…The plaintiff in her pleading prayed for general damages. It is in the course of the hearing that the question of exemplary damages arose.…

…, general and exemplary.…

…Taking all the circumstance into account, I consider Kshs 40,000/= as reasonable compensation by way of general damages. Then there is the question of exemplary damages. These are damages awarded punitively.…

…There was also a claim for general damages.…

…The memorandum of appeal contains 14 grounds of appeal but looking at them closely the appellant's complaints relate to: (1) The sum of shs.1,080,000/- awarded as general damages for loss of business. (2) Shs.60,000/- for…

…For these torts he claimed both special and general damages. In paragraph 3 of the defence the first defendant admitted that the second defendant was the agent of the first defendant but denied the alleged torts.…

…Consequently there can be no separate award of damages to the plaintiff under paragraph 7, 8 and 9, and no award of general damages for defamation.…

…In summary General damages Pain, Suffering and Loss of Amenities Ksh.200,000/- Future Medical treatment Kshs.450,000 Total Kshs.650,000/- I hereby enter judgment of the plaintiff for General Damages at 100% liability at Kshs…

…He claims for amongst other things a two months salary in lieu of notice and general damages for wrongful dismissal. He alleges that he was employed by the defendant on 1/6/76 as an assistant machine operator.…

…months salary in lieu of notice which amounts to 2,581.95 shillings special damages plus a sum of 3572/85 worked out on a salary of three months when the plaintiff with diligence would have been able to get employment as general…