[Ruling] Civil Procedure - costs - costs of litigation - costs are entirely in the discretion of the court, provided that they will normally follow the event, unless the court shall for good reason otherwise order - Civil Procedure Act section 21

[RULING] - SUCESSION - probate and administration - the deceased died testate - where letters of administration were granted without the participation of the third wife - application for revocation of grant of letters of administration - whether such a grant was valid

WILLS - validity of a will that is not properly attested to or witnessed - where a will does not make sufficient provisions for some dependants - factors to be considered by a court in determining such a will

JURISDICTION - where court exceeded its monetary jurisdiction - validity of order - Law of Succession (Cap 160)

Family Law - Divorce  - Application for an order of dissolution of marriage - Grounds of cruelty and wilful neglect to provide reasonable maintenance to wife and children in marriage - Where petition is presented through collusion - Where a marriage has broken down irretrievably.

[RULING] Election law-election petition-whether the Civil Procedure Rules and Act apply to election petitions-whether copies of election documents filed by the Electoral Commission should be expunged from the court record for having been irregularly filed-National Assembly and Presidential Elections Act (cap.7); Election Petition Rules, rules 5 and 19

[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure – appeal – extension of time – application for extension of time to file and serve notice and record of appeal – applicant’s first notice of appeal having been deemed to have been withdrawn for delay or failure to subsequently file the record of appeal – applicant attributing the delay in the failure by the High Court Registry to furnish the record of proceedings in time – delay of 60 days – applicant failing to include in the memorandum of appeal pleadings which would enable the court to assess the merits of the intended appeal – whether the application should be allowed - Court of Appeal Rules rule 4, 82(a)

[RULING]Civil Procedure - striking out of pleadings - application to strike out plaint - section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act (Cap. 21),and Orders XXIV,rule 6 and VI,rule 13 (1),(b),(c),(d) of the Civil Procedure Rules - applicant alleging that the suit had been compromised and settled and there was no further claim arising for determination - application by plaintiffs to be allowed to proceed with a notice of motion by viva voce evidence - Order XVII,rules 1,2,and 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules,and s. 3A of the Civil Procedure Act

Employment law – termination of employment – measure of damages to which an employee is entitled for wrongful termination of employment – in assessing damages courts not to consider the injured of the employee or that the termination renders it difficult to secure alternative employment – whether this principle may be varied where the employer breaches a duty not to conduct its business in a manner likely to destroy or damage the relationship of trust and confidence with the employee – whether the plaintiff had been wrongfully dismissed – whether the plaintiff was entitled to general damages for fraud, misrepresentation and breach of warranties, loss of reputation and restriction of her movement by from her employer - Employment Act

Contract - common carrier - bailee - duty of care of bailee - suit against a transporter for failing to safely deliver a consignment of goods - whether the defendant had breached its duty as a common carrier - whether there was a breach of implied terms of carriage - whether the goods were carried at the owner's risk