Criminal practice and procedure-court records-disappearance and falsification of court records-where there was sudden disappearance and falsification of part of the court records-appellant having filed a second appeal against the decision of the trial magistrate convicting him on two counts of robbery with violence-where the first appeal against conviction and sentence was dismissed by the superior court-second appeal-where the appellant lodged a supplementary memorandum of appeal-whether the second appeal should proceed in the circumstances of the case-retrial-whether it would be in the interest of justice to retry the appellant-Penal Code (cap 63) section 296 (2)

Civil Practice and Procedure – appeal – appeal against the decision of the superior court summarily rejecting an intended appeal laid before the said Commissioner of Assize – jurisdiction of Land tribunals in dealing with disputes - manner in which appeals from Land Disputes tribunals ought to be filed – court consideration – whether the superior court misdirected itself in principle in dismissing the matter

Civil practice and procedure – extension of time - application for the extension of time to file notice and record of appeal- matters which the Court of Appeal had to take into account in deciding whether to grant extension of time - power of the full Court to vary discharge the decision of single judge sitting on behalf of the full Court –whether in the circumstances it was proper for the Court of Appeal to have granted extension of time –Court of Appeal Rules rule 4, 54 (1)(b)

Contract Law – sale agreement – breach of agreement – allegation that the respondents who were administrators of the deceased’s estate had offered to sell the appellant the suit land at an agreed price which would offset a loan advanced by Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) to the deceased – where the appellant had offset the said amount and took possession of the land – respondents later claiming return of the suit land and offering a refund of the amount after obtaining confirmation of the grant as administrators of the deceased estate – where the appellant rejected the offer – allegation by the respondents  that the agreement in respect of the same sale was void for lack of consent from the Land Control Board - whether the respondents were entitled to recover the suit land in the circumstances

Civil Practice and Procedure – time – application for extension of time within which to file for consent of the Land Control Board – where the land was in a controlled area - appellant  giving reasonable grounds for failing to obtain the said consent – breach of the law by the appellant by entering the suit land and remaining therein even after 6 months had expired and no consent had been obtained – whether the court could grant the extension of the order – Section 22 of the Land Control Act (Cap 302)

Contract- appeal against the High Courts decision allowing the respondents claim to have their additional increments of salary reflected in their final salary for purposes of calculating pension –ground; increments fell outside the provisions of the Pensions Act –duty of the court to enforce the bargain struck by the parties and not to thwart it- whether the respondents had a contractual right to have the additional salary reflected in the final salary.

Civil practice and procedure –appeal – claim by the appellant that suit was filed four months after leave to institute the action was granted – whether failure by the respondents to comply with the terms of the order for leave was fatal to the suit and the appeal.

Statutes-interpretation of statutes–what the courts should consider while interpreting statutes that deal with ordinary people in their daily lives – Pensions Act (Cap 189) section 10.

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Evidence-contradictory evidence-when contradictions in evidence cannot be said to be material-effect of

Evidence - doctrine of recent possession-when doctrine is invoked

 Criminal Practice and Procedure-appeal-second appeal-second appeal to adjudicate only on matters of law