Civil procedure - application for review of court ruling - applicant alleging an error or mistake on the face of the record.

Civil Procedure - application to refer a dispute to arbitration and for the appointment of an arbitrator - applicant alleging consent agreement between the parties binding them to refer matter to arbitration.

Civil Procedure - application to set aside a court order - court declining to grant final orders at an interlocutory stage.

[Ruling] - Succession Cause - application to revoke letters of administration - applicant's claim that letters were obtained fraudulently - service - applicant's claim that he was not served with applications for the hearing - PROCEDURE - COURT'S DIRECTION THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE FILED AN APPEAL OR APPLIED FOR REVIEW OF ORDERS SINCE THE GRANT HAD BEEN CONFIRMED -application dismissed

Defamation - action against author and publisher for damages for libel - additional claim for exemplary damages and for an injunction to restrain further publication of allegedly defamatory words - plaintiff a former Judge of the High Court of Kenya and Court of Appeal - plaintiff alleging that he had been defamed by the defendant's publication which contained words tending understood to mean that he had been compromised in the discharge of his duties,that he was corrupt and unfit to be a judge,that he was dishonest and lacking in integrity - defendants pleading justification - alternative defence of fair comment made in good faith and without malice - evidence - whether the plaintiff had been defamed - measure of damages - matters the court will consider in assessing an award of damages for defamation

Family law - application for review of decree dismissing a prayer for dissolution of marriage - applicant invoking the inherent jurisdiction of the court and citing the Civil Procedure Rules order 44 - applicant alleging that she continues to suffer due to her desertion by the respondent - judge who issued the decree no longer at the court station - whether inherent jurisdiction and the interests of justice should be invoked in such circumstances.

Decree - enforcement of decree - plaintiff/insured seeking an order of declaration directing the defendant insurance company to settle decrees obtained against him in actions arising from an accident involving his insured vehicle - insured also seeking to restrain it from further breaching the conract of insurance - there existed a contract of insurance between the plaintiff and the defendant - whether the risk attached and whether the defendant was liable to settle the consequent claims

Constitutional reference - constitutional rights/fundamental rights and freedoms - right to liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law - right not to be subjected to unlawful search and entry of premises/property - application for a declaration that anticipatory bail or bail pending arrest is available under chapter 5 of the Constitution - prayer for general damages for breach of constitutional rights - application for a review of a ruling by a constitutional court - whether a constitutional court is functus officio once it has delivered a ruling - where applicant had not made a prayer for general damages but raised it during submissions.

Land - trespass to land - action for the eviction of a trespasser - duty of the plaintiff to established a proprietory interest in the land.