[RULING] Civil Procedure - application for dismissal of suit for want of prosecution under Order 16,Rule 5 (d) of the Civil Procedure Rules - a court should be slow to dismiss a case for want of prosecution where the suit can be heard without further delay,or where the defendant will suffer no hardship,and where there has been no flagrant and culpable inactivity on the part of the plaintiff.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - execution - service of a prohibitory order upon a judgment-debtor - application for the cross-examination of a process server - Rule 41 (2) of Order 21 of the Civil Procedure Rules - rules providing for service of an order in attachment of a share in the capital of a corporation or other moveable property not in the possession of the judgment-debtor by affixing it on some conspicuous part of the precincts of the court - whether service on the judgment debtor was necessary - whether cross-examining the process server would be necessary.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - summary judgment - judgment on admission - Order XII Rule 6 and Order XXXV Rule 1 (a) of the Civil Procedure Rules - nature of an admission - discretion of the court in granting judgment on admission

[RULING]- Civil Procedure and Practice - Application for leave to file an appeal out of time - Where neither the application nor the affidavit in support state when the judgment or ruling subject of the intended appeal was delivered - Application dismissed.

[RULING]- Advocate-client relationship - Section 51 (2) of the Advocates Act - Prayer for a sum to be entered as taxed costs as per the Certificate of Taxation - Where Respondent has refused to pay the bill - Must there be proof of a retainer and the retainer not in dispute before judgment can be entered under Section Section 51 (2) of the Advocates Act - Retainer need be “in writing”,and that the same must be “exhibited” before an advocate is entitled to Judgment - Definition of a retainer - Application allowed and judgment entered for the Applicant against the Respondent.

[RULING]- Taxation of Bill of Costs - Application seeking the setting aside the Ruling of the Taxing Officer - Where the taxing officer makes an award based on an application as though it were a suit - Application to be taxed on the correct principles.

[RULING]- Succession cause - Kikuyu Customary Law - Application for confirmation of grant - Where there is a disagreement as to how the distribution should be carried out - Whether distribution should be according to Kikuyu Customary Law or in accordance with the Succession Act - Rule 64 of the Probate and Administration Rules - Section 40 (1) of the Law of Succession Act - Where deceased died intestate - Validity of an oral will - Section 38 of the Law of Succession Act - Order that the estate of the deceased be distributed equally amongst his 7 sons.

[RULING] Civil Practice and Procedure-temporary injunction-seeking to restrain defendants from interfering with the suit land-where the land is the subject matter of a fraudulent transfer dispute-principles for granting an interlocutory injunction-Civil Procedure Rules, Order XXXIX, rules 1, 2, and 3

[RULING]Civil Practice and Procedure-prosecution of suits and adjournments-dismissal of suit for want of prosecution-where the plaintiff has not taken steps to proceed with the suit for a period exceeding one year after seeking an adjournment and filing an application for injunctive orders-Civil Procedure Rules,Order XVI,rule 5(d)

Negligence - duty of care - suit by employee against employer for injuries sustained in the course of duty - employee injured after suffering a fall of 10 metres from the roof of a building on which he was working - scope the duty of care imposed on an employer - duty to provide a safe system of work - whether the employer was negligent - quantum of general damages for personal injuries - matters an appellate court will consider in deciding whether to interfere with an award of damages made by a trial court