Criminal Practice and Procedure-sentencing-where both the appellant and his co-accused were convicted of defilement contrary to Section 145 (2) of the Penal Code (cap. 63) yet the appellant was sentenced to ten years imprisonment while his co-accused was placed on probation and committed to an approved school for a period of three years-whether the disparity in sentencing was warranted

Environmental law – practice and procedure – application to stay a decision or order of the National Environment Management Authority –where stay of the order has been granted but the applicant fails to comply with conditions imposed by the court – the right of the Authority to make an application to court to have stay vacated so that it can carry out its statutory obligations

Environmental law – practice and procedure - appeals – National Environmental Tribunal – where a person is aggrieved by a decision or order of the National Environment Management Authority, Committee or Director General – whether such a person is precluded from invoking the jurisdiction of the High Court on a judicial review application – whether section 129 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999, ousts the jurisdiction of the High Court of considering applications for judicial review of the decisions of the National Environment Management Authority

Environmental law – practice and procedure – whether the National Environment Management Authority’s Board is a legal entity – the proper authority against whom legal action can be commenced

[Ruling] CIVIL PRSCTICE AND PROCEDURE review application to review the consequential order providing that the handing over of the documents do constitute the delivery of the motor vehicle grounds of error apparent on the face of the record applicable principles whether the applicant provided sufficient cause to have the order reviewed - Civil Procedure Act sections 34 and 80; Civil Procedure Rules Order 44 Rules 1 and 2

[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure preliminary objections nature of preliminary objections and matters which may be raised by such objection - stay of execution - application for stay of execution pending appeal - preliminary objection raised to the application on the grounds that the applicant had failed to reveal material facts, and that the application was res judicata - whether the preliminary objection was properly taken - matters which may be raised by a preliminary objection - whether the issued raised by the respondent could be properly argued by way of a preliminary objection.

Family Law-adoption-where the child’s mother is dead, the father unknown, and the applicant is her maternal aunt and the applicant’s father, sister, as well as the child’s legal guardian have given their written consent-whether adoption orders should be granted in such circumstances

[Ruling] – PRELIMINARY OBJECTION – ingredients of – objection to an application by the plaintiff to evict the defendant from the suit property – the plaintiff bought the property at a public auction - where the applicant claims that the respondent brought the suit to court under the wrong law thus it was incompetent – effect of – factors the court considers in such applications – validity of order