[RULING]Civil Procedure - extension of time - application for extension of time to file and serve the notice of appeal out of time in an ended appeal - delay of eight days in filing the notice of appeal - duty of the applicant to satisfactorily explain the delay - it is incumbent upon the intended appellant through its advocates to act promptly without undue delay in making application for extension of time - whether there was any merit in the intended appeal - whether there was a likelihood of prejudice to the respondent if the extension was granted - Court of Appeal Rules rule 4

[RULING]Civil Procedure - extension of time - application for extension of time within which to file notice of appeal out of time - applicant stating that he and his advocate were not aware of the date the judgment from which they sought to appeal was delivered - in an application under rule 4 of this Court’s Rules the single Judge of the Court is being called upon to exercise his unfettered discretion. The matters which are to be considered whether to grant an extension of time are first the length of the delay,the reason for that delay,the chances of the appeal succeeding and lastly the degree of prejudice to the respondent if the application is granted.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - Application under rules 80 and 81 of the Court of Appeal Rules to strike out the record of appeal - grounds: that the appeal has been lodged out of the prescribed time without the requisite leave; that no leave to appeal had been obtained from the superior court or this Court before the appeal was filed or at all and that the form of the proceedings and the headings of the appeal were not correctly instituted - whether leave was required in respect of proceedings commenced under Order L111 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules - whether an appeal lay as of right

[RULING] Civil Procedure - pauper appeal - application to be allowed reliefs from payment of fees and security for costs in an appeal from a judgment and decree - rule 112 of the Court of Appeal Rules

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application for leave to file Notice and Record of Appeal out of time - Before the Court can exercise its wide discretionary power in favour of the applicant,the applicant should satisfy the Court that the intended appeal is not frivolous,that there has not been inordinate delay in filing this application,and lastly,that if the application is allowed,the respondent will not suffer undue prejudice.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application for leave to file an application for striking out the the notice of appeal - Before the Court can exercise its unfettered discretion in favour of the applicant the applicant has to show,among other things,that the intended application is not frivolous; that the delay in bringing this application has not been inordinate and that the extension of time will not cause undue prejudice to the respondent - delay of 11 months - whether delay was inordinate and unjustified - decree being far in excess of the judgment - whether that was a strong reason why the respondent should be allowed to prosecute the appeal

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application under rule 76 of the Court of Appeal Rules for leave to dispense with service of all the documents relating to the appeal to the 2nd respondent.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - extension of time - application under rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules to file and serve Notice and Record of Appeal out of time - previous appeal having been struck out for having been filed without the leave of the court - no delay in bringing the application - whether the application should be allowed.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application under rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules for extension of time to file and serve notice of appeal out of time - application unopposed - application allowed.