Criminal law - manslaughter contrary to section 202 as read with section 205 of the Penal Code - accused person convicted on his own plea of guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment - appeal against sentence - intoxication - appellant alleging that he was drunk when he committed the offence and asking for forgiveness - facts showing that the appellant had been the aggressor and that he had mounted an unprovoked attack on his uncle,the deceased - sentence was neither harsh nor excessive in the circumstances of the case - appeal dismissed.

Criminal law - charge of murder reduced to one of manslaughter contrary to Section 202 as read with Section 205 of the Penal Code - accused person convicted on his own plea of guilty and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment - appeal against sentence on the ground that appellant he is truly remorseful; suffers from hemorrhoids and arthritis; his parents are deceased; and he wishes to take care of,and educate his three children - that the sentences meted out to the appellant was neither harsh nor excessive - appeal dismissed.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application for extension of time within which to lodge a notice of appeal and the record of appeal from the ruling of the High Court - sixteen days do not really constitute what can be called inordinate delay - Some explanation has been offered for that period,namely that the advocates for the applicant were taking instructions,as they were not the ones who had filed the previous appeal. - application allowed.

Criminal Law and procedure - appeal from sentence and conviction for ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code - Conduct of proceedings by unqualified prosecutor in terms of Section 85(2) as read with Section 88 of the Criminal Procedure Code - Principles to guide the ordering of a retrial.

Criminal law - robbery with violence - appeal against conviction and sentence of death - re-evaluation of the evidence - whether the conviction was supported by the evidence.

criminal law - murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the Penal Code - that In a case based entirely on circumstantial evidence before convicting an accused person the trial court must find that the incriminating facts are incompatible with the innocence of the accused person and incapable of explanation upon any other hypothesis than that of his guilty. It is also necessary before drawing the inference of the accused’s guilty from circumstantial evidence to be sure that there are no other co-existing circumstances which would weaken or destroy the inference

[RULING] - Civil Procedure and Practice - Company Law - Arbitration - Orders for plaintiff to furnish security for costs sought - Role of the court  in examining matters that are settled - Where no assets are within the court's jurisdiction - Factors court takes into consideration before ordering for security of costs - Importance of proof of inability to pay costs - Sections 3, 3A and 63 (e) of the Civil Procedure Act - Order 25 Rules 1, 5 and 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules - Sections 223 and 401 of the Companies Act - Section 7 of the Arbitration Act 1995 .

[RULING] Order 41 Rule 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules - stay of execution pending execution of the Judgment of the Business Premises Tribunal pending appeal – appellants aggrieved by the decision of the Tribunal to uphold the termination of the Appellants’ tenancy with the Respondent - factors that must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Court for the application to succeed

Contract - action for breach of contract - plaintiff claiming general damages - essentials of a good contract - there must be a concluded bargain and a concluded contract which settles everything that is necessary to be settled and leaves nothing to be settled by agreement between the parties - a party is entitled to resist an action for breach of contract on any ground that is available even though before the action he gave no reason at all - whether the parties had established their respective claims.