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…In support of his submissions, Mr Pandya referred us to a passage in Mogregor on Damages, 15th Edition, paragraph 1593 under the heading “infant children”.…

…It is clear to us that the burden of Mr Pandya’s submissions, supported by these authorities, is that, as the deceased boy was only six years old, he could not have been in a position to make any contribution of a pecuniary…

…It was this payment in the charge sheet which gave rise to the first ground in the memorandum of appeal to this court and formed the main basis of the submissions of Mr Otumba on behalf of the appellant.…

…We gave leave to Mr Etyang to argue the issue before us, but as we indicated during the course of his submissions, there was no evidence that the vehicle, which was produced as an Exhibit, was the one which was being contemplated…

…We have also considered their oral submissions to this Court, in the course of which the second appellant drew to our attention that on the August 23, 1984, the date of the hearing of their applications before Bhandari J,…

…Mr Aboo’s further submission was that the respondent’s cause of action was for damages for negligence or breach of duty (the duty existing by virtue of a contract) and the damages he claimed for the negligence and or breach…

…The submissions of Mr Aboo and of Mr Kassim were ably put but in the end those of Mr Aboo do not prevail in the circumstances of this appeal and, in my judgment, the ruling of Mr Justice Bhandari was correct.…

…This was one of many inconsistencies in the respondent’s case to which Mr Onyinkwa, appearing on behalf of the appellant, pointed in the course of his submissions.…

…I say unhesitatingly that he was wrong in his submission. Apart from anything else it is unlikely that a farm pickup, as it is described in the Arrears Report, could have such a colossal earning capacity.…

…Mr Prinja made submissions on 15 grounds of appeal on behalf of Anupchand and 13 for Vijay and Mr Metha replied to them for the Republic, and we are grateful to them for all the work and addition they have brought to bear…

…Here, in this case, after carefully considering all the arguments and submissions on both sides, and our own evaluation of the evidence adduced at the trial, we are left with no reasonable doubt Anupchand and Vijay were properly…

…From the papers filed and the submissions made by the counsel for the respondent it does not appear. To my mind, that consent was unreasonably withheld prior to coming to court.…