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…before or during the trial or in any inquiry the trial or in any inquiry or other, proceedings under this code, unless the error, omission or irregularity has occasioned a failure of justice: Provided that in determining…

…whether an error, omission or irregularity has occasioned a failure of justice the Court shall have regard to the questions whether the objection could and should have been raised at an earlier stage in the proceedings.”…

…The appellant Michael Otieno Amigo was described in the trial proceedings as the third accused, although in some headings he was listed the fourth.…

…Nzei asked this court to nullify all the proceedings that went on in P.M.C.C.NO. 303/95 because Mr.…

…All he did was unlawful and thus of no validity at all hence nullifying those proceedings. Mr.…

…Mr Hawala has submitted that section 4 of the Government Proceedings Act was borrowed from section 2 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 of England and has referred to the case of Royal Aquarium and Summer and Winter Garden…

…Act, 1888, from the local justices to the County Council) were “judicial proceedings”, so that absolute privilege could be claimed in respect of remarks made there in proceedings taken for defamation.…

…Accordingly, this court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine stale proceedings. 19.…

…It follows that this court cannot watch and not see and or not hear irregular proceedings being conducted and leave those proceedings to remain on record. 22.…

…The complaint in effect is that appellant did not understand the charge or the proceedings. Upon looking at the record I observe that the appellant first pleaded not guilty on December 15, 1986.…

…There was no indication at that time that he did not understand the charge or proceedings. He was then released on bond.…

…Nzei asked this court to nullify all the proceedings that went on in P.M.C.C.NO. 303/95 because Mr.…

…All he did was unlawful and thus of no validity at all hence nullifying those proceedings. Mr.…

…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…

…In default of No.1 above the judgement and the proceedings herein shall become null and void and the plaintiff shall be obligated to refund the amount paid to them by the defendant immediately upon default.…

…That was the last order made by the late Judge and the proceedings remained in abeyance until the 2nd July, 2008 when the appellant appeared before another Judge, Musinga, J.…

…Okenye: I pray that the court proceeds to have the proceedings typed and thereafter prepare a judgment. D. MUSINGA, JUDGE Court: Proceedings to be typed. Judgment on 25/9/2008. D.…

…It follows therefore that the proceedings presided over by the Commissioner of Assize, Beham are a nullity in law. There is one more matter of relevance.…

…At this juncture, it is worth noting that although the record of the proceedings before the trial judge indicate that the summing-up to the assessors was done on 15th December, 1993 by the trial judge, the latter made no…

…Regarding the absence of summing-up notes on the record of the proceedings before the learned trial judge, we would only echo the words of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa in the case of Samusoni Mukono and another…

…Upon our consideration of the proceedings in the two lower courts and hearing the submissions of the appellant we cannot find any such error. In the result this appeal is ordered to be dismissed with costs.…

…April 1998 which was withdrawn and replaced with one dated 29th January 1999 sought this court's orders to set aside the said award on the grounds Mr, Kilonzi argued that the arbitrators had misconducted themselves in the proceedings…

…Mr, Kilonzi had taken the point that listening to the Kitui Moslem Youth and at Nairobi included a stranger to the proceedings and also deprived his clients of an opportunity to hear and possibly respond to the views of those…

…No 56 of 1986 dated 30th March 1986) The six-month limitation period for applying for leave to seek an order of certiorari under the Law Reform Act is mandatory The application concerned leave to commence judicial review proceedings…

…It is not clear what part Ogowe played in these proceedings for review. The record does not show that he took any part.…

….4TH CONTRIBUTOR/OBJECTOR EDWARD KINGS ONYANCHA MAINA....................................................5TH CONTRIBUTOR/OBJECTOR RULING The Applicant, Edward Kings Onyancha Maina, is the 5th Contributor in this winding up proceedings…

…By his principal submission, he contends that by virtue of Order 5 rules 9 and 12 of the Rules, there was no valid service of summons to enter appearance and that therefore the proceedings ex-parte were null and void ab initio…

…Accordingly in my view there was no valid service of the summons to enter appearance and therefore the proceedings exparte must be rendered null and void ab initio.…

…What the appellants stated in their claim presented by Noah’s evidence in the proceedings before the committee and produced as Exhibits marked D9 is this: “I claim from Ainea my father’s piece of land, simply because he has…

…On these facts, it seems, whatever may have been the original nature of the title acquired by the parties, since the dispute of 1947, 1958 and their settlements and the Land Adjudication proceedings of 1967 which resulted…

…An analogy may also be drawn from the area of reinstating proceedings which have been determined, that is setting aside of orders already made. In the case of SHABIR DIN V. RAM PRAKASH ANAND cited in MAINA V.…