[RULING] Criminal Procedure - bail - application for bail pending appeal under Section 357 of the Criminal Procedure - applicant having been convicted for assault causing actual bodily harm contrary to section 252 of the Penal Code and sentenced to imprisonment for six months - state not opposing the application - applicant having demonstrated that his intended appeal had overwhelming chances of success - application allowed.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - stay of execution - application for stay of execution of a decree pending appeal brought under the Civil Procedure Rules order XLI rule 4, Civil Procedure Act section 3A - applicant arguing that he stood to suffer irreparable loss by losing his land if the stay was not granted

Criminal law - Robbery contrary to section 296(1) of the Penal Code - appeal against conviction and sentence of imprisonment for 4 years - state not supporting the conviction on the ground that the trial had been partly prosecuted by person who was not a public prosecutor - appellant having served a substantial portion of his sentence - whether the trial should be declared a nullity - whether a retrial would be proper in the circumstances.

[RULING] Probate and administration - application to rectify the petition for grant of letters of administration

[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure - injunction - mandatory injunction - application for a mandatory injunction to eject the respondent from land and for a temporary injunction to restrain further construction or development on the suit land pending the determination of a suit - applicant alleging that the respondent had acquired the suit land by fraud - respondent having put a school on the land and admitted students - whether it would be proper to grant a mandatory injunction - whether there were any special circumstances warranting the issuing of a mandatory injunction - Civil Procedure Act section 3A - Civil Procedure Rules Order 39 rules 1,2,3,9

[RULING] Judicial review - application for order of certiorari to remove into this court and quash the proceedings and award of Nyahururu Division Land Disputes Tribunal - grounds: that the tribunal was not properly constituted; that it acted in excess of its jurisdiction or ultra vires; that its proceedings were defective and that the matter before it was res judicata - whether a Land Dispute Tribunal has jurisdiction to deal with the issue of ownership of registered land - Section 3(1) of the Land Disputes Tribunal Act

[RULING] - Land Law - Civil Procedure and Practice - Application for striking out defence - Interpretation of Order 6 Rule 4(2) Civil Procedure Rules - Interpretation of Order 6 Rule 4(1)(a) - Consequences of not stating the particulars of an agreement challenged in the defence - Determination of whether a defence is frivolous and vexatious and an abuse of the court process - Requirements of a valid defence - Order 6 Rules 13(1) (b) (c) and (d) and 16 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

[RULING] - Injunctions - Prayer for interlocutory injunction - Application for order to compel respondent to pay rent - Proof of encroachment into land - Order 39 Rules 1, 2 and 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules - Section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act.