Criminal law - robbery with violence -appeal against conviction and sentence of death - EVIDENCE - identification evidence - where conditions favouring positive identification were difficult - how a court should weigh identification evidence in such cases - doctrine of recent possession - accused person having been found with stolen property one day after the robbery - presumption to be drawn where the accused person fails to satisfactorily explain how he had come into possession of such property - Penal Code section 296(2)

Criminal law - arson - accused persons convicted and give suspended sentences of two years imprisonment - sentence to be served outside custody - appeal - Penal Code section 332(a)

Criminal Practice and Procedure - charge sheet - form of a charge sheet - charge sheet alleging fifteen counts of various offences -  whether the charge sheet was extensive and overloaded and ought not to have been allowed - matters the court will consider in determining whether a charge sheet is overloaded and likely to prejudice the accused - Constitution section 77(1),(2)

Civi Practice and Procedure - execution - objection to attachment of property - attachment of miraa crop on a piece of land in execution of a court decree - objection to attachment dismissed - appeal - whether the attached crop was on the appellant/objector's land - what constitutes land - whether the attached crop formed part of the land -  whether the objection should have been upheld - Registered Land Act section 3; Civil Procedure Rules Order 6 rule 4(3)

[RULING] Constitutional reference-malicious prosecution-where the complainant was a victim of a gang raid that left his family members dead and he was charged with the offence of robbery with violence contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code (cap. 63)-whether the court could terminate the prosecution prior to the prosecution presenting its case

Injunctions-interlocutory-principles governing the grant of injunctions

[RULING] Advocates-account-where the decretal sum awarded by the courts has not been released to the applicant in full-whether the advocate has a lien over the money

[RULING] Civil Practice and Procedure-suits-transfer of suits-factors that will determine the court’s issuance of transfer orders-Civil Procedure Act (cap.21), Section 18(1)(b)(ii)

Family Law-marriage-where the respondent alleges marriage to the applicant under Meru customary law and the applicant tried to contract a Christian marriage with another woman-validity of marriage

Judicial Review-certiorari-whether a Land Disputes Tribunal has jurisdiction to decide on matters of title to land-remedies available to the applicant-validity of the application for leave to file judicial review

[RULING] Land-arbitration-application to set aside the award on the basis that the District Officer who heard the dispute did not have the jurisdiction to do so-conditions under which the court will set aside arbitration awards-Civil Procedure Rules, Order XLV, rule 15

[RULING] Land-arbitration-application to set aside the award on the basis that the District Officer who heard the dispute did not have the jurisdiction to do so-conditions under which the court will set aside arbitration awards-Civil Procedure Rules, Order XLV, rule 15

[RULING] Civil Practice and Procedure-skeleton files-where the court file is lost and cannot be traced-whether orders for reconstruction of the skeleton file should issue