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Court of AppealDismissedCivil Appli. Nai 4 & 5 of 2007 (Consolidated)
MBARAKI BULK TERMINAL LTD v EAST AFRICAN BULKING SERVICES LTD & 2 others [2007] KECA 51 (KLR)
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#The Court of Appeal refused to pause the High Court's December 2006 order against Mbaraki Bulk Terminal, meaning the High Court decision now takes effect.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is a ruling of the Court of Appeal at Nairobi dated 16th March 2007 on a consolidated application, Civil Appli. Nai 4 & 5 of 2007, by Mbaraki Bulk Terminal Ltd seeking a stay of execution of the ruling and order of the High Court of Kenya at Mombasa (Sergon J.) dated 15th December 2006 in H.C. Miscellaneous Civil Appl. No. 946 of 2005. The respondents were East African Bulking Services Ltd, the District Land Registrar Mombasa, and East African Molassess Company Ltd. The document reproduced contains only the ruling of Deverell JA, who states that he had read the draft rulings of Bosire JA and Githinji JA and concurred with the decision to dismiss the consolidated application with costs for the reasons given by Bosire JA. The full reasoning of Bosire JA, which carries the substantive analysis of the stay application, is not contained in the material supplied, so the grounds on which the stay was refused cannot be stated. The disposition is clear: the consolidated application was dismissed with costs, leaving the High Court order of 15th December 2006 intact and free to be executed. The panel sat as a full coram of three Judges of Appeal and was unanimous. As an interlocutory appellate ruling on stay of execution, it does not disturb the decision of the High Court; it merely refused to suspend that decision pending appeal.
Key legal issues
#Legal principles established
#- The Court of Appeal dismissed the application for stay of execution of the High Court ruling and order of 15th December 2006, and that dismissal with costs binds the parties and courts below. The substantive reasons reside in the ruling of Bosire JA, which is not reproduced in the material supplied.
Court orders
#- 1.The consolidated application (Civil Appli. Nai 4 & 5 of 2007) was dismissed
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Mombasa
- H.C. Miscellaneous Civil Appl. No. 946 of 2005
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Inherent appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal over applications for stay of execution of High Court orders (the judgment text does not state the enabling provision)
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#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "MBARAKI BULK TERMINAL LTD v EAST AFRICAN BULKING SERVICES LTD & 2 others [2007] KECA 51 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2007). Civil Appli. Nai 4 & 5 of 2007 (Consolidated). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2007/51/eng@2007-03-16
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