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Court of AppealOtherCivil Appeal (Application) 35 of 2019· [2022] KECA 1129 (KLR)
Mathii v Bedan
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#Kenya's Court of Appeal paused an appeal application because the applicant reportedly died, and no death documents were filed to confirm it.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is a short interlocutory ruling of the Court of Appeal at Nyeri (Kimaru, JA) on an application under Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules seeking leave to appeal out of time against a ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Murang'a (Kemei, J) dated 31st July 2018 in E.L.C. No. 415 'B' of 2017. The application had been lodged on 10th February 2021. Before the application could be heard, the Court was informed by an email dated 18th October 2022 from the applicant's advocates, G. K. Kibira & Company Advocates, that the applicant had died on 5th November 2021. No death certificate or burial permit was exhibited to support that assertion. The Court held that it could not ignore the information and proceed with the hearing before the position was clarified. It accordingly adjourned the hearing of the application until documents confirming the applicant's death were filed, or, if the death was confirmed, until an appropriate application was filed by a personal representative to substitute the deceased applicant as a party to the proceedings. The Court made no orders as to costs. The substantive extension-of-time application was neither allowed nor dismissed; it remains pending. The ruling does not disturb the High Court's decision and establishes no binding proposition of law beyond the practical requirement of verifying a party's reported death before continuing with a hearing.
Key legal issues
#Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.Hearing of the application adjourned until documents confirming the applicant's death are filed, or until an appropriate application is filed by a personal representative to substitute him as a party
- 2.No orders as to costs
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Murang'a
- E.L.C. No. 415 "B" of 2017
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules (application for extension of time to appeal)
Key timeline
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Mathii v Bedan", Case Analysis (2022). Civil Appeal (Application) 35 of 2019. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2022/1129/eng@2022-10-19
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