Abdul Kassim Hassanali Gulamhussein Khaki v Southern Credit Banking Corporation Limited [2006] KECA 105 (KLR)
The bottom line
#Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to stop a bank from selling charged Mombasa property because the applicant showed neither an arguable appeal nor irreversible harm.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Arguability of the intended appeal against the High Court's stay of the chamber summons of 14th December 2005
The applicant failed to demonstrate any arguable point or points
Onyango Otieno JA reviewed the history: the applicant was one of the joint registered owners, an earlier suit (H.C.C.C No. 119 of 2004) by the co-owners had sought the same injunctive relief against the same chargeable property, and an appeal from its dismissal was pending. The High Court had merely stayed the later application under section 5 of the Civil Procedure Act on grounds of res subjudice pending the outcome of the earlier appeal. On the material before the Court, the learned Judge could not discern arguable points. The court expressly avoided detailed reasoning so as not to prejudice the intended appeal.
Whether the intended appeal would be rendered nugatory if the injunction were refused
No nugatory effect could arise because the decision below merely stayed, and did not dismiss, the chamber summons
The Court reasoned that the applicant's suit and application remained alive; success in the intended appeal would simply mean the chamber summons of 14th December 2005 would be set down for hearing, with the outcome going either way. Since the applicant's ownership and remedies were not destroyed by a stay order, no irreversible alienation flowing from the ruling would defeat the appeal. Consequently the second limb of the rule 5(2)(b) test also failed.
Legal principles established
#- An applicant under rule 5(2)(b) must show that he has an arguable appeal, meaning the appeal or intended appeal is not frivolous
- The applicant must further demonstrate that unless the order of injunction is granted, the appeal, if successful, would be rendered nugatory
- The Court's discretion under rule 5(2)(b), though unfettered, must be exercised upon reason and not compassionately
Court orders
#- 1.The application dated 2nd June 2006 is dismissed with costs to the respondent
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Mombasa
- H.C.C.C No. 270 of 2005
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Rules 5(2)(b) and 42 of the Court of Appeal Rules
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Later judgments citing this (4)
#Judgments in the corpus that rely on this one. Where the Court said how it treated the authority, that is shown.
- John Muthini Kamia v Giro Commercial Bank Ltd & Joseph Mungai Gikonyo t/a Garam Investments[2007] KEHC 2944 (KLR)9 Feb 2007
- John Muthini Kamia v Giro Commercial Bank Ltd & Joseph Mungai Gikonyo t/a Garam Investments[2007] KEHC 2944 (KLR)9 Feb 2007
- John Muthini Kamia v Giro Commercial Bank Ltd & Joseph Mungai Gikonyo t/a Garam Investments[2007] KEHC 2944 (KLR)9 Feb 2007followed
- John Muthini Kamia v Giro Commercial Bank Ltd & Joseph Mungai Gikonyo t/a Garam Investments[2007] KEHC 2944 (KLR)9 Feb 2007followed
Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Abdul Kassim Hassanali Gulamhussein Khaki v Southern Credit Banking Corporation Limited [2006] KECA 105 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2006). Civil Application No. 153 of 2006 (UR 87/2006). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2006/105/eng@2006-10-13
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