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…There is a burden on the applicant for security to show cause why the relief should be granted. Cases No cases referred to. Statutes 1. Civil Procedure Rules (cap 21) sub leg order XXV rule 1 2.…

…As I see it there is a burden on the applicant for security to show cause why the relief should be granted.…

…Delay, acquiescence, unclean hands and other matters that go to the exercise of an equitable discretion have to be considered if it is averred that the applicant is undeserving of equitable relief.…

…And as I am not in doubt about the Plaintiff’s failure to satisfy the very first necessary condition for the grant of interlocutory injunctive relief, I need not trouble myself with weighing the balance of convenience.…

…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.…

…Where in a voidable marriage, the Petitioner’s conduct amounts to approbation of the marriage, this fact precludes the Petitioner from obtaining relief unlike in void marriages where the conduct of the Petitioner is immaterial…

…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…

…purely by statute and that on the authority of Barraclough v Brown & others, [1897] AC p 615, where a right is given by statute and means to enforce are or redress are given by statute one must use this means to get the relief…

…In the premises I find the plaintiff/applicant has made out a case and I grant him the relief sought by striking out the defence filed herein by the defendant and the plaintiff be and is hereby given liberty to proceed by…

…Chief Justice Taft in the case of Exparte Philip Grossman 71 U.S. 4 (WALL) 333 1867 explained the effect of the power of mercy as follows: “Executive clemency exists to afford relief from unique harshness or evident mistake…

…These are not sufficient to amount to cruelty in ordinary circumstances, though if carried to a point which threatens the health of the other spouse the law will not hesitate to give relief.…

…that the Petition be signed by a Petitioner in Rule 8 (4) (b) of the Elections (Parliamentary and County Elections) Petitions Rules, 2017 and be supported by an affidavit made by the Petitioner containing grounds on which relief…

…A Party's case is contained in its pleadings as supported by evidence from which this Honourable Court determines the issue(s) in dispute and awards relief accordingly.…

…that the Petition be signed by a Petitioner in Rule 8 (4) (b) of the Elections (Parliamentary and County Elections) Petitions Rules, 2017 and be supported by an affidavit made by the Petitioner containing grounds on which relief…

…A Party's case is contained in its pleadings as supported by evidence from which this Honourable Court determines the issue(s) in dispute and awards relief accordingly.…