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Court of AppealStruck OutCivil Appeal No 28 of 1996· [1996] KECA 19 (KLR)
Warui Muriithi v Jephesa Kagumba & 7 Others
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#Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out an entire appeal because it combined one decision appealable as of right with another requiring leave that was never obtained.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#The Court of Appeal at Nyeri (Akiwumi, Shah and Lakha, JJ.A.) dealt with an appeal by Warui Muriithi against two decisions of the High Court of Kenya at Nyeri (Justice Ang'awa) dated 22nd March 1994 in H.C.C.C. No. 279 of 1993. The court identified a fatal procedural defect: of the two decisions appealed against, one was appealable as of right but the other required leave to appeal, which had not been obtained. Because the record of appeal was inseparable as regards the two decisions, the entire appeal was incompetent - a position counsel for the appellant conceded. The court held it had no alternative but to strike out the appeal. The appeal was struck out with no order as to costs. The judgment is a short procedural ruling delivered as a single order of the court; no authorities were cited and no substantive issues were determined. Its binding significance lies in the rule that an appeal cannot combine, in one inseparable record, a decision appealable as of right with a decision requiring leave; such an appeal is incompetent and liable to be struck out in its entirety.
Key legal issues
#01
Competence of an appeal encompassing two decisions with different appealability requirements
Holding
The appeal is incompetent and struck out
Reasoning
One of the two decisions appealed against was appealable as of right, but the other required leave which had not been obtained. Because the record was inseparable as regards the two decisions, the entire appeal was incompetent. Counsel for the appellant conceded this, and the court struck out the appeal with no order as to costs.
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Legal principles established
#- An appeal whose record inseparably combines a decision appealable as of right with a decision requiring leave (not obtained) is incompetent and must be struck out
Court orders
#- 1.The appeal is struck out with no order as to costs
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Nyeri
- H.C.C.C. No. 279 of 1993
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Right of appeal under the Civil Procedure Act/rules; one decision appealable as of right, the other requiring leave not obtained
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Warui Muriithi v Jephesa Kagumba & 7 Others", Case Analysis (1996). Civil Appeal No 28 of 1996. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/1996/19/eng@1996-10-17
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