Children's Law - adoption - child abandoned by biologocal parents and declared for adoption - whether statutory requirements stipulated under the Children’s Act 2001 Part XII had been fulfilled -

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application to strike out defence and for judgment tobe entered as prayed in the plaint - Civil Procedure Rules order VI rule 13(1)(a),(c),(d) - whether the defence was a sham - whether the defence raised any triable issues - ordinarily,courts are mandated to have suits determined by hearing viva voce evidence from the disputants instead of determining them by summary proceedings but there are clear cases where to have a full hearing would serve no useful purpose.

[Ruling] Succesion Cause - wills - validity of a will - revocation of a will Section 5 of the Law of Succession Act

civil practice - the liqour licensing court - application to stay decision of liqour licencing court under Section 27(2) of the Liquor Licensing Act Cap 121 Laws of Kenya pending the hearing and determination of appeal against the courts decision

Criminal law - kitchen breaking and committing a felony - alternative charge of handling stolen property - two accused persons pleading guilty - appeal against conviction and sentence of 3 years imprisonment - criminal practice and procedure - prosecution having been conducted by a police officer below the rank of Assistant Inspector - whether it was a misdirection for the trial magistrate to allow such an officer to conduct the prosecution - whether the trial should be nullified and the appellant released - Penal Code sections 306(a), 322(2) - Criminal Procedure Code section 88(1)

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application to struck out defence and to enter judgment for the plaintiff under Order VI Rule 13(1)(b)(c)(d) of the Civil Procedure Rules - whether the plaintiff had established that the defence ought to be struck out as being a sham - courts are generally mandated to have suits determined by hearing viva voce evidence from the disputants instead of determining them by summary proceedings - whether this was a clear case where the case needed not go for trial.

JUDICIAL REVIEW - It is the copies of verifying Affidavit or affidavits accompanying the application for leave and the statement which should be served on the respondent with the Notice of Motion. Serving other affidavits not allowed. Further affidavits only allowed if they satisfy the requirements of Rule 4(2) where a new matter is introduced by another party to the application. Where reliefs set out in the statement are at variance with those in the Notice and no application was made to amend the statement made,application was struck out. Verifying Affidavit without facts not adequate. Application struck out.

[RULING] Civil Practice and Procedure-judgment-striking out-where the injunctive orders were obtained with material non-disclosure by the applicant in not informing the court that the Court of Appeal had ruled on the matter and which ruling was still in force-whether the matter was res judicata-Civil Procedure Rules, Order VI, rules 13(b),(c), and (d); Order XXXIX, rules 4 and 9; Order XLI, rules 4(1) and 27; Civil Procedure Act (cap.21), Sections 2, 3A and 78

[RULING]Civil Procedure - application for injunction pending appeal - application to restrain the appointment of receivers and from interfering with the plaintiff's quiet possession of business premises - principles of law applicable in such an application - Court to interfere in the passage of the receivership unless it could be shown that the conduct of the receivers and managers was seriously oppressive,or not in accordance with the recognized principles of law and of commercial practice,or that there were clear and compelling reasons to do so.