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Court of AppealOtherCivil Application No. NAI. 213 of 2012 (UR 158/2012)· [2015] KECA 45 (KLR)
James Kutsushi Atindo & 8 others v Patrick Okuku & 9 others [2015] KECA 45 (KLR)
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#Kenya's Court of Appeal let two stay-of-execution applications be withdrawn by consent because the main appeals would resolve the same issues anyway.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This brief ruling of the Court of Appeal at Kisumu, delivered on 21st January 2015 by Maraga, M'inoti and Kantai, JJ.A, disposes of two interlocutory civil applications by consent. The applicants, James Kutsushi Atindo and 8 others, had sought an order of stay of execution of a ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Kakamega (Chitembwe, J) dated 17th July 2012 in H.C.C.C. No. 3 of 2012. When Civil Application No. 213 of 2012 and the related Civil Application No. 323 of 2012 came up for hearing, Prof. Ojienda, counsel for the applicants, informed the court that the substantive appeals - Civil Appeals Nos. 90 of 2012, 186 of 2012, 198 of 2012 and 242 of 2011 - would effectively determine the issues raised in the applications. Mr. Lutta, learned counsel for the respondents, took the same view. Accordingly, the court directed that the two applications be marked withdrawn under Rule 52 of the Court of Appeal Rules, and ordered that the costs of both applications abide the outcome of the substantive appeals. The ruling contains no findings on the merits, no binding legal proposition, and no treatment of any authority; it is purely a procedural disposition. The underlying High Court decision was not disturbed by this court. Practitioners may note the practice of withdrawing interlocutory applications once the substantive appeal will determine the issues, with costs abiding the appeal.
Key legal issues
#Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.Civil Applications Nos. 213 of 2012 and 323 of 2012 marked withdrawn under Rule 52 of the Court of Appeal Rules
- 2.Costs of the two applications to abide the outcome of Civil Appeals Nos. 90 of 2012, 186 of 2012, 198 of 2012 and 242 of 2011
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Kakamega
- H.C.C.C. No. 3 of 2012
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Court of Appeal Rules, Rule 52 (application under the Court of Appeal Rules in an intended/stayed appeal)
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#Practical implications
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "James Kutsushi Atindo & 8 others v Patrick Okuku & 9 others [2015] KECA 45 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2015). Civil Application No. NAI. 213 of 2012 (UR 158/2012). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2015/45/eng@2015-01-21
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