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Court of AppealDismissedCivil Application 17 of 2016· [2022] KECA 1212 (KLR)
Kaaga Farmers Cooperative Society v Commissioner of Cooperatives & another; Gatua & 3 others (Interested Parties)
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#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#The applicant society moved the Court of Appeal under rules 5 and 42 of the Court of Appeal Rules by notice of motion dated January 21, 2016, seeking an injunction restraining the Commissioner of Cooperatives from commencing or proceeding with the intended liquidation of the society intimated in a Gazette Notice, or alternatively a stay of execution of Co-operative Tribunal orders dated March 14, 2014 in Co-operative Tribunal Case No 234 of 2011. The application was incidental to an appeal against a High Court decision of Odunga, J dated December 4, 2015 in Miscellaneous Application JR No. 68 of 2015, which had dismissed the applicant's judicial review challenge to the decision to dissolve the society and place it in liquidation. When the application came up for hearing on November 4, 2022, counsel appeared for both respondents but the applicant, though duly served as confirmed by the hearing notice, did not appear. Counsel for the respondents informed the court that the applicant society had been placed under receivership, which might explain its non-attendance. Holding that, with the applicant absent and unable to confirm the state of affairs, the only natural consequence was dismissal, the court dismissed the motion for non-appearance with costs. The substantive appeal and the fate of the liquidation were not determined in this ruling.
Key legal issues
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Consequence of non-appearance of a duly served applicant
Holding
The application was dismissed for non-appearance with costs.
Reasoning
The court confirmed service by the hearing notice, noted counsel's information that the applicant society had been placed under receivership, and held that with the applicant absent and unable to confirm the state of affairs, dismissal for non-appearance with costs was the only natural consequence.
Legal principles established
#- Where an applicant is duly served but does not attend the hearing of its application, the natural consequence is dismissal of the application for non-appearance with costs.
Court orders
#- 1.Dismissal of the notice of motion dated January 21, 2016 for non-appearance
- 2.Costs of the application to the respondents
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Nairobi
- Miscellaneous Application JR No. 68 of 2015
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Rules 5 and 42 of the Court of Appeal Rules
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Kaaga Farmers Cooperative Society v Commissioner of Cooperatives & another; Gatua & 3 others (Interested Parties)", Case Analysis (2022). Civil Application 17 of 2016. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2022/1212/eng@2022-11-04
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