criminal law robbery with violence contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code

Injunctions - mandatory injunctions - conditions to be satisfied

[RULING ON REVISION] Criminal procedure - revision of a subordinate court case by the High Court - surety seeking the revision of the court's order to auction his land which he had put up as security - duty of the court to follow the procedure of forfeiture prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Code section 131 - duty of the court to hear the surety - record of the court not showing whether the surety had been served with the notice of intention to realize the security - failure to follow the procedure amounted to a non-compliance with a mandatory provision of law

Criminal law - charge of robbery - accused convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment - appeal against conviction and sentence - when a fact may be proved by the evidence of a single witness.

[Ruling] Judicial review - leave - application for leave to apply for anorder of certiorari to quash the decision of a land disputes tribunal - Civil Procedure Rules Order LIII rule 1

Criminal law - robbery - appeal against conviction and sentence of imprisonment for six years - EVIDENCE - evidence of a single witness - how a trial court is to test and treat such evidence -  Penal Code section 296(1)

[Ruling]Judicial review - application for leave to apply for an order of certiorari and for the leave to operate as a stay - Civil Procedure Rules order LIII rule 1 - matters the court will consider in deciding such an application - discretion of the court in granting stay - circumstances in which the court may decline to exercise the discretion in favour of the applicant.

[RULING] Application for striking out defence on grounds that it does not disclose a reasonable defence - CONTRACT - Unlawful termination of employment - How the court should treat an application for striking out a pleading.

[Ruling] – SENTENCING – concurrent sentencing – application for –the accused person was convicted and given two sentences – where he applied for the two sentences to run concurrently – applicable principles - whether the court can make an order for sentences to run concurrently where none had been made by the original court

criminal evidence - that the court must satisfy itself on the safety of convicting on the evidence of a single witness