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| Case Number: | Civil Application Nai 78 of 2013 |
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| Parties: | Oil Turkana Limited (Previously Known as Turkana Drilling Consortium Limited), Africa Oil Corporation & Africa Oil Kenya BV (Previously Known as Lundin Kenya BV) Keith Hill v National Oil Corporation of Kenya, Platform Resources INC, Alec Edward Robinson, Sumayya Athuman (MD Nock) & China National Offshore Oil Corporation |
| Date Delivered: | 16 Oct 2013 |
| Case Class: | Civil |
| Court: | Court of Appeal at Eldoret |
| Case Action: | Ruling |
| Judge(s): | Jamila Mohammed |
| Citation: | Oil Turkana Limited (Previously Known as Turkana Drilling Consortium Limited) & another v National Oil Corporation of Kenya & 4 others [2013] eKLR |
| Case History: | (An ex parte application from the ruling & order of the High Court of Kenya at Kitale (Karanja, J) dated 5th March, 2013 in KITALE JRC NO. 1 OF 2012) |
| Court Division: | Civil |
| Parties Profile: | Private v Corporation |
| County: | Uasin Gishu |
| History Docket No: | 1 of 2012 |
| History Judges: | Joseph Raphael Karanja |
| History County: | Trans Nzoia |
| Case Outcome: | Application allowed |
| Disclaimer: | The information contained in the above segment is not part of the judicial opinion delivered by the Court. The metadata has been prepared by Kenya Law as a guide in understanding the subject of the judicial opinion. Kenya Law makes no warranties as to the comprehensiveness or accuracy of the information |
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT ELDORET
CORAM: J. MOHAMMED, J.A. [IN CHAMBERS]
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. NAI 78 OF 2013
BETWEEN
OIL TURKANA LIMITED PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS TURKANA DRILLING CONSORTIUM LIMITED
AFRICA OIL CORPORATION
AFRICA OIL KENYA BV PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS LUNDIN KENYA BV
KEITH HILL ……………...……………...................................................APPLICANTS
AND
NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION OF KENYA …………......... 1ST RESPONDENT
PLATFORM RESOURCES INC ……………………………...2ND RESPONDENT
ALEC EDWARD ROBINSON …................................................3RD RESPONDENT
SUMAYYA ATHMANI [MD NOCK] ………………………..........4TH RESPONDENT
CHINA NATIONAL OFFSHORE OIL CORPORATION …...... 5TH RESPONDENT
(An ex parte application from the ruling & order of the High Court of Kenya at Kitale (Karanja, J) dated 5th March, 2013 in
KITALE JRC NO. 1 OF 2012)
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RULING
This ruling arises from the application under rules 42 and 77 dated 25th March, 2013 and lodged on 26th March, 2013.
This is an ex parte application brought under rule 77 of the Court of Appeal Rules in which the applicants are seeking leave of the Court to dispense with service of documents in the appeal upon the 1st to 5th respondents.
The said respondents did not participate in the proceedings in the High Court. The ruling is against the applicants only. The ruling does not affect or prejudice the respondents herein.
In view of the foregoing, this application is allowed and leave is hereby granted to dispense with service of documents in the appeal upon the respondents herein. Costs shall be in the appeal.
Dated and delivered at Eldoret this 16th day of October, 2013.
J. MOHAMMED
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JUDGE OF APPEAL
I certify that this is a true copy of the original.
DEPUTY REGISTRAR
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