Assa Okwemba Onyango v Omar Transmotors Limited Kariuki Ngumbi
The bottom line
#Kenya's Court of Appeal postponed a bid to strike out a Notice of Appeal until it first decided whether the appeal could be filed late.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Sequencing of an application to strike out a Notice of Appeal against a pending application for leave to appeal out of time
The Court adjourned the strike-out application to await the disposal of Civil Application No. 62 of 2002, because the outcome of the leave application, whichever way it went, would have an effect on the strike-out application.
The Court gave a single-sentence reason: the outcome of the pending leave application, whichever way it went, would affect the strike-out application, so the leave application should be disposed of first. The adjournment was sought by respondents' counsel and the Court, in its case-management discretion, agreed. The ruling does not elaborate on the direction of that effect, cites no authority, and decides no substantive question about the Notice of Appeal. It is an interlocutory procedural direction, not a ratio decidendi, and lays down no rule on the merits of striking out notices of appeal.
Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.Adjournment of the application granted as sought by respondents' counsel, to enable the Court to dispose of Civil Application No. 62 of 2002 first.
- 2.No order as to costs.
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Nairobi
- H.C.C.C. No. 137 of 1998
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Not stated in the ruling; no constitutional or statutory provision is cited. The application arises in the Court of Appeal's appellate jurisdiction in respect of a contemplated appeal from the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (H.C.C.C. No. 137 of 1998).
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#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Assa Okwemba Onyango v Omar Transmotors Limited Kariuki Ngumbi", Case Analysis (2002). Civil Application No. NAI. 63 of 2002. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2002/107/eng@2002-07-30
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