[Ruling] – CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - time – extension of – application for – where the applicant had changed the advocate and the advocate sought an extension of time to enable him prepare adequately for the hearing – factors court considers in such applications – validity of order

[Ruling] – APPEAL – application for – where the applicant was dissatisfied with the decision of the court – applicable principles – validity of order

[Ruling] - REVIEW – application for – applicant sought to review an order of the land board tribunal - where the applicant claimed that the tribunal acted ultra vires – factors the court considers in such an application – validity of order

[Ruling] Injunction - mandatory injunction - interlocutory injunction - circumstances in which a mandatory injunction will be granted at an interlocutory stage -  - Civil Procedure Act sections 3, 63(c); Civil Procedure Rules Order 39 rules 1(a), 8, 23

Criminal law - robbery with violence - appeal against conviction and sentence of death - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - charge - form of charge - how a charge for robbery with violence should be framed - charge failing to include a statement that the knives and pangas allegedly used in the robbery were dangerous and offensive weapons - charge nevertheless specifying one other ingredient of the offence, namely that the offender was in the company of one or more other person or persons - whether the charge was fatally defective whether the evidence of identification was reliable - whether the conviction was supported by the evidence - Penal Code section 296(2)

Criminal law - robbery with violence - appeal against conviction and sentence of death - EVIDENCE - re-evaluation of the evidence by the first appellate court - evidence of identification - whether the identification evidence was reliable - whether the conviction of the appellants was proper - Penal Code section 296(2)

Judgment - form of judgment - brevity of judgment - perfunctory judgment - judgment in a trial for an offence punishable by death - judgment largely containing a recital of the evidence and one paragraph in which the trial court reached its decision to convict the accused - judgment not containing the issues for determination - whether the judgment contravened the Criminal Procedure Code section 169

Criminal law - robbery with violence - accused person convicted of the lesser offence of simple robbery - sentence of seven years imprisonment and six strokes of the corporal punishment (the cane) with 5 years of police supervision after release - appeal against sentence - Penal Code section 297(1), (2)

Sentencing - appeal - appeal against sentence - principles which an appellate court will consider in dealing with such an appeal - circumstances in which the appellate court will interfere with the sentence passed by a lower court - appellant having been sentenced to imprisonment for seven years with six strokes of corporal punishment for the offence of robbery - appellant not a first offender and not remorseful - whether the sentence was harsh excessive

CRIMINAL LAW – attempted robbery with violence – offence of – accused was charged and convicted of the offence of – Penal Code (Cap. 63) section 297(2)

EVIDENCE – witness – identification – where there were several assailants some of whom escaped – the witnesses could not positively identify the accused as one of the robbers – whether this evidence is sufficient to convict