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…By a Petition presented on 31st August, 1989 Fitzval Remedios Santana De Souza (herein after called the Applicant) has prayed for certain reliefs under Section 211 of the Companies Act and alternatively that the Company namely…

…We see some merit in the first ground, but since the applicant did not in his plaint seek the equitable relief of specific performance, it would seem to us that it can not be said that the appeal if successful, would be nugatory…

…This is rule 1 of order 36 which so far as it is relevant, provides that: "... any person claiming to be interested in the relief sought as ... heir ... of a deceased person ... may take out ... an Originating Summons ...…

…for such relief of the nature or kind following, as may by the summons be specified and the circumstances of the case may require, that is to say, the determination ... of any of the following questions: (a) any question…

…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.…

…The first consideration impels a court to grant the relief in a deserving case.…

…That case spells out the necessary conditions for the grant of the relief.…

…It was not a frivolous suit, and he was able to get temporary relief.…

…Now, injunction is an equitable relief, a court of equity administers justice according to fairness as contrasted with the strict formulated rules of common law.…

…Since equity administers justice on basis of fairness, it would be wrong for that very relief to be used to afford someone unfairness, and the court has power to discharge an injunction where such unfairness is to be found…

…blames the defendant for failing to refer the matter to arbitration and claims that he was forced to come to court by reason of lack of any provision in the agreement between the parties of procedures for dealing with the reliefs…

…That the law clearly allows the plaintiff to apply to court for the type of relief he is seeking in the suit cannot in my view be gainsaid.…

…The main relief sought is that defendant do give possession of the portion he has taken to the plaintiff. There has been previous proceedings. In Meru High Court Civil Appeal No. 22/88.…

…(e) Such further of other relief as to this Honourable Court shall seem appropriate. Alternatively 2.…

…that person or to seek relief which might affect him.”…

…Being an equitable remedy, the court has to consider all the circumstances including the conduct of the parties and whether in all the circumstances an applicant is entitled to equitable relief. 2.…

…Being an equitable remedy, the Court has to consider all the circumstances including the conduct of the parties and whether in all the circumstances an applicant is entitled to equitable relief.…

…It is therefore with relief that I do not have to deal with the certificate of delay. 2.If a clerk is fraudulent and conceals his dealings with a client there is not much a senior partner can do until the fraud is discovered…

…Indeed the Respondent has filed a counterclaim in which he hopes to address his grievances and obtain appropriate relief.…

…Finally, it was urged that the respondents did not come to Court with clean hands and this was not a case in which an equitable relief of specific performance should have been granted. We are unable to agree.…

…Taking all the circumstances of the case into account we find that the relief granted was justified and we see no reason to interfere.…

…In the suit he claimed general damages, costs of the suit and such other relief the honourable Court may deem fit to grant after complaining in vain that the defendant had unlawfully terminated the hire purchase agreement…

…Later the plaintiff filed an amended plaint in which he still claimed for general damages, costs of the suit and any other relief which court may deem necessary to grant.…

…Section 59 (1) of the Registered Land Act gives the Court jurisdiction to grant the tenant relief from forfeiture. In any case courts of equity grant relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent.…

…In Thalches v C of Pearce and Sons (Contractors) Ltd [1968] 1 WLR 74g, relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent was granted even when the landlord had re-entered peacefully.…

…limitation of time by statute and further that the 1st defendant repudiated it on 16th August, 1984; that the suit land was subject to Land Control Board’s consent which was not granted within the prescribed time and; that the relief…

…On the 29th day of December, 1995 the plaintiff filed a 15 page plaint against the defendant claiming the following reliefs: "(a) Declarations in terms of paragraph 13 `above' and directions and judgment for loss and for…

…In particular, mistake or misunderstanding of the appellant's legal advisers, even though negligent, may be accepted as a proper ground for granting relief, but whether it will be so accepted must depend on the facts of the…

…The application also seeks other and or further relief or orders to be granted. In an affidavit sown on 13.6.95 the Company denies owing the Petitioner the Kshs 7,228,478/65 upon which the petition is founded upon.…