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…The above view is buttressed by a commentary in the book, AIR Commentaries on Civil Procedure Code, by Chitaley and Rao, 6th Ed, Vol. 3 P. 3424 which reads: “Where an application to add legal representatives is filed after…

…the period of limitation has expired, the Court may either set aside the abatement by getting an application filed for the purpose and then substitute the legal representative, or in exceptional cases, even treat the application…

…As to the question of Jeremiah Kamau Gitau who appears to have been sued, presumably as a legal representative of Daniel Gitau Mute and/or as being a signatory to a sale agreement of 2nd June, 1981, it is now plain that he…

…It was also submitted for the plaintiffs that the first suit was a nullity on the ground that Jeremiah Kamau Gitau, Mary Wanjiku Mungai and Philisila Njeri Mungai were sued as legal representatives of Daniel Gitau Mute and…

…for the applicant after the order of this court was made on 1.12.89, that the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Hintz v Mwakima, (1982-88) 1 KAR 482, had held that a personal representative as opposed to a legal…

…representative, could sue in Kenya for damages for the benefit of the estate of a deceased person.…

…However, under Rule 8(2) of the said Order, a person who is the legal representative of the deceased plaintiff in the suit could apply to revive it by showing that the applicant was prevented by any sufficient cause from…

….……..PLAINTIFF V E R S U S THE ATTORNEY GENERAL……………………………….DEFENDANT JUDGEMENT This is a suit by the mother as legal representative of the deceased Stephen Muthuo Kahara who was killed by Police gunfire on 3.10.96 in Gichagi…

…tribunal established by law and presided over by a person appointed by the President from among persons qualified to be appointed as a judge of the High Court; (d) he shall be afforded reasonable facilities to consult a legal…

…representative of his own choice who shall be permitted to make representations to the tribunal appointed for the review of the case of the detained person; and (e) at the hearing of his case by the tribunal appointed for…

…I nd that the plaintis are the duly appointed as legal representatives for the estate of the Deceased. Accordingly they have locus standi and have authority to le this suit. 23.…

…In the case of J N K (Suing as the Legal representative of the Estate of MMM (Deceased) v Chairman Board of Governors) […..] Boys High School [2018] eKLR Hon.…

…The defendant is the Attorney General, sued on behalf of the Government of Kenya as its legal representative.…