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…Under section 14 of the Matrimonial Causes Act a marriage may be declared a nullity on inter alia grounds that: “14(1)(b) the marriage had not been consummated owing to the willful refusal of the respondent to consummate…

…It is on this limb that I declare the union a nullity and therefore void. Costs of this petition shall be borne by the respondent. Delivered and dated this 10th day of December 2010 at Malindi. H. A. Omondi JUDGE Mr.…

…They also stated that the trial was a nullity because in most of the proceedings there was no competent prosecutor and if there was, the record did not show that.…

…MOHAMED VS REPUBLIC, Criminal Appeal No. 210 of 2003 at Mombasa (unreported) the Court of Appeal held that the mention of a case before a magistrate by an officer below the rank of inspector does not render the trial a nullity…

…The conviction by Court without jurisdiction is a nullity and so is sentence. Both are quashed. The appellant be taken forthwith before a court of competent jurisdiction for a fresh trial.…

…The grounds in support of the application are that fees have not been paid and in the absence of an order of court to the effect that fees are not to be paid the proceedings are a nullity and the respondent should be ordered…

…It was up to court, when it was pointed out in an application for review that judgment was entered against some defendants without being heard, to hold that the whole arbitration proceedings were a nullity in the interest…

…The point here is not of fresh evidence but the point of law which underlie the proceedings the effect of which render the proceedings a nullity.…

…The trial court did not restate the evidence and Counsel therefore invited this court to find this judgment by the lower court is a nullity.…

…The letter of Consent is null and void and the whole transaction is a nullity due to failure of obtaining the Land Board Consent within the stipulated period according to law.…

…Konya referred me to the following authorities in support of the argument that breach of section 72(3)of the Constitution would render the proceedings a nullity; i. James Njuguna Nyaga vs R H.C.Cr. No. 50/2004 (Nai) ii.…

…The second Chamber Summons dated 13th November, 1995 prayed that all proceedings, judgement and orders in P.M.C.C.No. 303/95 be declared a nullity for the reasons that Mrs. Nzei deponed to in her supporting affidavit.…

…The second Chamber Summons dated 13th November, 1995 prayed that all proceedings, judgement and orders in P.M.C.C.No. 303/95 be declared a nullity for the reasons that Mrs. Nzei deponed to in her supporting affidavit.…

…This latter order still stands and the hearing of the suit by Kuloba, J was a nullity and of no effect.…