[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure - execution - stay of execution - application for stay pending the examination of the judgment debtor and pending the determination of the decretal amount with interest - expressions of foreign currency in a court judgment/decree - judgment debtor electing to execute upon a decretal amount/interest based on foreign currency, United States Dollars - determination of the interest on a dollar decretal amount - matters the court will consider in deciding whether to allow a judgment debtor to rely on foreign currency expressions of the decretal amount/interest- Civil Procedure Act sections 3A, 34(1) & 63(e); Civil Procedure Rules Order 21 rules 18(1)(a), 19(2), 32(1), 35; Order 50 rule 1

[Order] Civil Practice and Procedure – appeal – record of appeal – expunging of documents from a record of appeal – expunging of notice of appointment of advocate and an affidavit – documents expunged – reasons for the decision reserved for the final ruling.

[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure – appeal – stay of execution – application for stay of execution of a judgment and decree pending appeal – applicants intending to appeal against an award of damages for defamation made against them – nature of the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to grant a stay of execution – principles upon which that jurisdiction is exercised – whether the jurisdiction extends to cases where the appeal is against a monetary decree – matters the Court will consider - Court of Appeal Rules rule 5(2)(b)

[Ruling] Injunction - interlocutory injunction - injunction sought to restrain the defendants from holding an Annual Delegates Conference for a political party, FORD Asili pending the hearing and determination of a suit - grounds: that the proposed meeting was contrary to the constitution of the party - whether there was an injury likely to be suffered by the applicant which could not be recompensed by way of damages and which needed to be prevented by an interlocutory remedy - consideration of the balance of convenience - whether the main suit had a high probability of success -  Civil Procedure Rules Order 39 rule 2

[Ruling] – CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - suit – dismissal of – application for- applicant sought orders for the dismissal of the respondents suit for want of prosecution – where the plaintiff has not taken steps to prosecute the suit for over fifteen years – effect of – factors the court considers in such applications – validity of order – Civil Procedure Act (Cap. 21) section 3A; Civil procedure Rules Order 50 Rule 1

Judicial review – mandamus– application to compel the respondent to remove and withdraw the restriction registered on the suit land - The Civil Procedure Rules, Order 53.

[Ruling] – CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - pleadings – striking out – application for – where the plaint did not comply wit the mandatory provisions of the law – effect of – factors the court considers in such applications – validity of order - Civil Procedure Rules Order 6 Rule (1) (e)

FAMILY LAW – adoption – petition for – where the parents have demonstrated a capability to maintain the child – factors the court considers in such applications – validity of order

Locus standi - right to a clean and healthy environment – whether complainants who are not land owners have a right to commence action in the High Court to enforce their rights – provision of section 3(3) of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act, 1999.

 Judicial review – prohibition – application to set aside order granting leave and stay – appointment of an advocate to act as a public prosecutor on behalf of the Attorney General - preliminary objection that the application was fatally defective because it was filed by an advocate who was not instructed to defend the state in judicial review proceedings – whether the Attorney-General had acted ultra vires – The Criminal Procedure Code, s 85 and The Constitution, s. 26.